{"product_id":"ancient-persian-by-kevin-t-van-bladel-9781009727723","title":"Ancient Persian","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen ancient Persian conquerors created a vast empire from the Mediterranean to the Indus, encompassing many peoples speaking many different languages, they triggered demographic changes that caused their own language to be transformed. Persian grammar has ever since borne testimony to the social history of the ancient Persian Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis study of the early evolution of the Persian language bridges ancient history and new linguistics. Written for historians, philologists, linguists, and classical scholars, as well as those interested specifically in Persian and Iranian studies, it explains the correlation between the character of a language's grammar and the history of its speakers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt paves the way for new investigations into linguistic history, a field complimentary with but distinct from historical linguistics. \u003cem\u003eAncient Persian\u003c\/em\u003e is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47933758111980,"sku":"9781009727723","price":267.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781009727723-ancient-persian.jpg?v=1783880309","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/ancient-persian-by-kevin-t-van-bladel-9781009727723","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}