By de-anonymizing the key text on Mediterranean Lingua Franca, the book opens unexpected new areas for linguistic and historical research.

Examines the rise and fall of English as the most widely spoken language in human history and discusses what language will overtake its dominance as English-spe

The author of "Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin" presents an erudite and provocative examination of the rise and coming fall of English as the world's languag

Lingua francas are languages used for communication between individuals for whom they are not the first language. Based on empirical work throughout, the indivi

The global spread of English has resulted in contact with an enormous variety of different languages worldwide, leading to the creation of many new varieties of