A Course of Lectures on the Theory of Language, and Universal Grammar - Brossura

Priestley, Joseph

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1108064361 ISBN 13: 9781108064361

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Riassunto

Priestley's 1762 outline for nineteen lectures on linguistic topics ranging from articulation and the alphabet to syntax and metre.

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Descrizione del libro

In this 1762 work, the polymath Joseph Priestley (1733–1804) outlines a course of nineteen lectures on a variety of linguistic topics. The content ranges from articulation and the alphabet to syntax, metre and the evolution of language. His Rudiments of English Grammar (1761) is also reissued in this series.

Contenuti

Advertisement; Introduction; 1. Of articulation, the nature and use of it; 2. Of the origin of letters, whether divine or not; 3. Of hieroglyphics, etc.; 4. The general distribution of words into classes; 5. Of nouns, etc.; 6. Of adjectives; 7. Of verbs; 8. Of tenses; 9. Of adverbs, etc.; 10. Of derivation and composition of words; 11. Of the concatenation of sentences; 12. Of the regular growth and corruption of languages from internal causes; 13. Of the origin and complex structure of the Greek and Latin languages; 14. A multiplicity of inflections; 15. Of the revolutions of languages from external causes; 16. Of metrical composition; 17. Observations on the different properties of language; 18. A comparison of different languages; 19. Of the origin of diversity of languages; Errata.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1108064361
• ISBN 13: 9781108064361
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 318
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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