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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... Society " for Oct. 1880 , and used by him in his Sanskrit Grammar , which forms the second volume of this se- ries ; for Zend , HÜBSCHMANN's transcription , advocated by him in Kuhn's Zeitschrift , 24 , page 328 seq . , has been em ...
... society organized in Calcutta for the exploration of Asia , had , as early as 1786 , expressed himself on this point as follows : " The Sanskrit language , whatever may be its antiquity , is of wonderful structure ; more perfect than ...
... society , the science of language can- not belong to the natural sciences , at least , if this name is used in the accepted technical sense . And finally , as regards the method , I feel certain that there is no single method adapted to ...
... society . Would it not be possible to assert , on the other hand , that most men will exert themselves to imi- tate as accurately as possible what they have heard spoken , because they are afraid of making themselves ridiculous by ...
... Society , Boden Professor of Sanskrit in the University of Oxford . Third Edition . Revised and augmented by considerable additions . pp . 366. With map . 1879. 148 . MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS RELATING TO INDIAN SUBJECTS . By BRIAN HOUGHTON ...
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Leibniz, Humboldt, and the Origins of Comparativism Tullio De Mauro,Lia Formigari No preview available - 1990 |