Humboldt - On Language On the Diversity of Human Language Construction and Its Influence on the Mental Development of the Human Species

Name: Humboldt - On Language On the Diversity of Human Language Construction and Its Influence on the Mental Development of the Human Species
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ISBN: 9780521667722

ISBN-10: 0521667720

ISBN-13: 9780521667722

Edition: 2nd 1999 (Revised)

Authors: Wilhelm von Humboldt, Michael Losonsky, Peter Heath, Karl Ameriks, Desmond M. Clarke

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Wilhelm von Humboldts classic study of human language was first published in 1836, as a general introduction to his three-volume treatise on the Kawi language of Java. It is the final statement of his lifelong study of the nature of language, exploring its universal structures and its relation to mind and culture. Empirically wide-ranging - Humboldt goes far beyond the Indo-European family of languages - it remains one of the most interesting and important attempts to draw philosophical conclusions from comparative linguistics. This volume presents a translation by Peter Heath, together with an introduction by Michael Losonsky that places Humboldts work in its historical context and…

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List price: $55.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/9/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.02" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English




Distribution and cultural connection of the Malayan races



General consideration of the course of man's development



The same, continued



Effects of exceptional mental power



Conjoint action of individuals and nations



The same, continued



Transition to closer consideration of language



Form of languages



Nature and constitution of languages as such



Sound-system of languages



Inner linguistic form



Combination of sound with inner linguistic form



The procedure of language more fully explained



Isolation, inflection and agglutination of words



Verbal unity more closely examined



Accent



Incorporative system of languages



Congruence of sound-forms in languages with grammatical requirements



Main division of languages, according to the purity of their formative principle



Character of languages



Power of languages to evolve felicitously from one to another



Retrospect on the course of the inquiry so far



Nature and origin of less perfect language-structure



The Chinese language



Whether the polysyllabic language-structure has evolved from the monosyllabic