Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered At The Royal Institution Of Great Britain In 1861 - Brossura

Müller, F. Max

 
9781108063043: Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered At The Royal Institution Of Great Britain In 1861

Sinossi

Published 1861–4, these two volumes of lectures on philological topics, reprinted multiple times, enthused Victorian readers, including George Eliot.

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Descrizione del libro

A pioneer in comparative philology, Friedrich Max Müller (1823–1900) is credited with popularising the subject in Victorian Britain. His hugely successful Royal Institution lectures, first published in two volumes in 1861–4, explore a range of philological topics and were reprinted fifteen times before the end of the century.

Contenuti

Preface; 1. The science of language one of the physical sciences; 2. The growth of language in contradistinction to the history of language; 3. The empirical stage in the science of language; 4. The classificatory stage in the science of language; 5. The genealogical stage in the classification of languages; 6. Comparative grammar; 7. The constituent elements of language; 8. The morphological classification of languages; 9. The theoretical stage in the science of language - origin of language; Appendix: genealogical tables of languages; Index.

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