English is the world's lingua franca-the most widely spoken language in human history. And yet, as historian and linguist Nicholas Ostler persuasively argues, English will not only be displaced as the world's language in the not-distant future, it will be the last lingua franca, not replaced by another. Empire, commerce, and religion have been the primary raisons d'etre for lingua francas–Greek, Latin, Arabic have all held the position–and Ostler explores each through the lens of civilizations spanning the globe and history, from China and India to Russia and Europe…
Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), also known as Standard Arabic or Literary Arabic, is the variety of Arabic used in writing and in formal speech.
MSA is spoken by an estimated 300 million people world-wide. …
L'autore ci guida in un viaggio nel tempo e nello spazio pieno di curiosità e di storia: dalle origini indoeuropee delle parole latine agli esotici prestiti arabi, dai numerosissimi francesismi ai tanto vituperati anglismi. …
L'autore ci guida in un viaggio nel tempo e nello spazio pieno di curiosità e di storia: dalle origini indoeuropee delle parole latine agli esotici prestiti arabi, dai numerosissimi francesismi ai tanto vituperati anglismi. …