Ostler Nicholas. The Last Lingua Franca: English Untill the Return of Babel

Walker & Company, 2010. — 641 p. — ISBN: 978-0-8027-7870-3Part One : Lingua—Franca Present
The Edges of English
How Various in the Future?
Part Two : Linguas Francas Past
The Pragmatism of Empire
When the Writ of Persian Ran
Trader s Languages and Language for Trade
God s Own Language
Part Three : A Range of Outcomes
Regenerations
Ruin and Relegation
Resignation
Part Four : Who s in Charge Here?
Big Beasts
The Jungle is Neutral
Under an English Sun, the Shadows Lengthen