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Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-290) and index.
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Machine generated contents note: List of Maps vi -- List of Tables vi -- Preface vii -- 1. Languages Before History I -- 2. The Large Language Groups 29 -- 3. Writing and the Egyptians 57 -- 4. Greek and the Greeks 69 -- 5. Latin and the Romans 89 -- 6. Did Dante Write in Italian? 108 -- 7. From Germanic to Modern English 129 -- 8. The Era of National Languages 165 -- 9. Languages of Europe and of the World 184 -- 10. How Languages Are Born-or Made 202 -- II. How Languages Disappear 232 -- 12. The Heyday of English 251 -- 13. And Then? 267 -- Suggestions for Further Reading 283 -- Index 291.