Language Evolution : Contact, Competition and Change Donna Leon From National Book Award Finalist

From National Book Award Finalist Eliot Schrefer comes the compelling tale of a girl who must save a group of bonobos -- and herself -- from a violent coup

or a drop in the crime rate

Told by an eclectic group of historical and modern characters in a continuous conversation across ages and generations

while his comedy The Cherry Orchard portrays characters futilely clinging to the past as their land is sold from underneath them

Against the backdrop of Isla Negra - the sea and wind

Language Evolution : Contact, Competition and Change Donna Leon From National Book Award FinalistLanguages are constantly changing. New words are added to the English language every year, either borrowed or coined, and there is often railing against the 'decline' of the language by public figures. Some languages, such as French and Finnish, have academies to protect them against foreign imports. Yet languages are species like constructs, which evolve naturally over time. Migration, imperialism, and globalization have blurred boundaries between