by Andrew Brown (Translator), Louis - Jean Calvet (Author)
There are around 5,000 languages spoken across the world today, but the languages that coexist in our multilingual world have varied functions and fulfil various roles. Some are spoken by small groups, a village or a tribe; others, much less numerous, are spoken by hundreds of millions of speakers.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 24 Apr 2006
ISBN 10: 0745629563
ISBN 13: 9780745629568