The last lingua franca: English until the return of Babel
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2010
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XX, 330 S. Ill., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 9780802717719 |
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| adam_text | IMAGE 1
THE LAST LINGUA FRANCA
ENGLISH UNTIL THE RETURN OF BABEL
NICHOLAS OSTLER
ALLEN LANE AN IMPRINT OF PENGUIN BOOKS
IMAGE 2
CONTENTS
MAP X
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XII
PREFACE XV
PART I: L I N G U A F R A N CA P R E S E NT
1. THE EDGES OF ENGLISH 3
2. H OW VARIOUS IN THE FUTURE? 31
PART I I: L I N G U A F R A N C AS PAST
3. THE PRAGMATISM OF EMPIRE 65
4. W H EN THE WRIT OF PERSIAN RAN 93
5. TRADERS LANGUAGES AND THE LANGUAGE FOR TRADE 114
6. GOD S O WN LANGUAGE 141
P A RT I I I: A R A N GE OF O U T C O M ES
7. REGENERATIONS 173
8. RUIN AND RELEGATION 182
9. RESIGNATION 203
IMAGE 3
C O N T E N TS IX
PART IV: W H O S IN C H A R GE H E R E?
10. BIG BEASTS 225
11. THE JUNGLE IS NEUTRAL 249
12. UNDER AN ENGLISH SUN, THE SHADOWS L E N G T H EN 267
NOTES 287
BIBLIOGRAPHY 301
INDEX 313
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BRtíDITE
AND
PROVOCATIVE
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OF THE RISE AND COMING
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English as the world s language.
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A lingua franca, according to the American Heritage
Dictionary, is
а
language used as a medium of
communication between peoples of different
languages. English has become the world s lingua
franca—the most widely spoken in human history.
But its dominance has so far lasted no more than
twocenturies
—
far shorter than the currency <rf
many others, such as Greek, Latin, Malay,
Swahili,
or
Persian. And now, as historian and linguist Nicholas
Ostler persuasively argues in his provocative new
book, English stands to be displaced as the world s
language.
The primary causes for the spread of lingua
francas
over time have been military empire-building,
networks
of commercial enterprise, and missionary
religions.
Ostler explores each of these inspirations
through the lens of civilizations spanning the globe,
from China and India to Persia, Africa, and Europe.
two long-term trends emerge that suggest the reasons
fer
ultimate decline: Elites are the· prime users of
lingua
francas,
yet democratization in politics and
■
rístig e:qüality
in society tend to bring them down.·
Moreover, it is the prestige of
dominance
that
sustains one lingua franca over another; when the
pecking order changes, so, sooner or later, will the
t
but fey elites;
;
at* bjsfcg their command of the world s economic
heights. Soon, the rising wealth of states such as
Brazil, Russia» India, and China will shrink any
iÄÄationtl
preference
for English.
These trends are now reinforced by a new
development in modern technology. There will
soon be instant translation among major languages,
enhancing the global usefulness of mother tongues
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