Ted Larson Freeman | Re: [LFN] Is the lingua-franca-nova.net Site Moribund?

This is a bit of a tangent...

For an in-depth discussion of the historical conditions that lead to a
conversion from one dominant language to another, I recommend the excellent
book "Empires of the Word" by Nicholas Ostler:

http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780066210865/Empires_of_the_Word/index.aspx

Ted

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