Introduction to the Study of Language: A Critical Survey of the History and Methods of Comparative Philology of the Indo-European LanguagesFB & Limited, 1882 - 142 pages Excerpt from Introduction to the Study of Language: A Critical Survey of the History and Methods of Comparative Philology of the Indo-European Languages The character of the present work is mainly determined by the circumstance that it is intended by the author to facili tate the study of the Grammars which breitkopf hartel are publishing, as well as the comprehension of comparative philology in its newest form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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... book here laid before the public is divided into a his- torical and an analytical part . In the former the development of philology from BOPP's time to the present is roughly sketched , with the especial aim of showing clearly how the ...
... book was written with the aim ( how far it has been attained , I will leave others to judge ) of con- tributing to the history of the German mind . It is universally acknowledged , by those who have traced the history of Ger- man ...
... men . With the above remarks I would commend this book to the kind indulgence of the English and American public . TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE . When I began to translate this little AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION . IX.
... book , shortly after its publication , I did not anticipate the various delays and inter- ruptions which have postponed the completion of my task for a whole year . So long a delay might be fatal to the useful- ness of a translation ...
... book , instead of to JOLLY'S Ger- man translation , and similarly , the extracts from BOPP's Ana- lytical Comparison appear in their original English form , as well as the remarks of Sir WILLIAM JONES on page TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE . XI.
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Leibniz, Humboldt, and the Origins of Comparativism Tullio De Mauro,Lia Formigari No preview available - 1990 |