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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... laws etc. are discussed , Indo - European language , Indo - European lan- guage - development etc. , must alone be understood . I have felt the less inclination to discuss questions which lie outside the Indo - European domain , as for ...
... Laws ) I hope I have shown that the harmony between the re- presentatives of different tendencies is greater than the uninitiat- ed would be inclined to suppose , possibly greater than is recog- nized by many of these representatives ...
... laws : a ) mechanical laws ( i . e . law of gravity ) , 20—21 ; b ) physical laws , 21-23 . Incompleteness of BOPP's system of phonetics , especially evident in his treatment of non - Indo - European languages , 23-24 . Comprehensive ...
... LAWS , pages 102-130 . Sketch of the views of G. CURTIUS . Three notions are prominent : 1 ) pho- netic laws ; 2 ) analogy ; 3 ) the influence of sense on sound . These are dis- cussed in inverse order : 1. Influence of sense on the ...
... laws " ; and to quote a remark of THEODOR BENFEY : " I would therefore con- sider that the real task of this grand work [ the Comparative Grammar ] was to gain a knowledge of the origin of the gram- matical forms of the Indo - European ...
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Leibniz, Humboldt, and the Origins of Comparativism Tullio De Mauro,Lia Formigari No preview available - 1990 |