“A language brings with it a mass of perceptions, clichés, judgements and inspirations.” — Nicholas Ostler Inspiration Copy Share Image
“with the exception of Chinese, even the languages that originated writing, and so made the earliest use of it, have dropped their… — Nicholas Ostler Writing Copy Share Image
“over half the languages in the world, for example, have fewer than five thousand speakers, and over a thousand languages have under… — Nicholas Ostler Copy Share Image
“Culture, of course, is an extremely vague word, covering everything from the shaping of hand-axes to corporate mission statements, as well as… — Nicholas Ostler Culture Copy Share Image
