The Prix Volney: Contributions to Comparative Indo-european, African and Chinese Linguistics: Max Müller and Steinthal: Contributions to Comparative ... Linguistics: Max Muller and Steinthal: 3 - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 940105777X ISBN 13: 9789401057776

Casa editrice: Springer Verlag, 2000

Riassunto

Volume III deals with two major nineteenth-century linguists of German origin: Friedrich Max Müller and Heymann Steinthal. Their previously unpublished Volney essays represent the far-flung interests of comparative and historical linguists in this period both in temporal and in geographical or ethnographical terms.

Max Müller's essay on `Comparative Philology and the Early Civilization of Mankind' (1849), edited by Joan Leopold, shows the earliest phases of his interest in comparative Indo-European language, culture, mythology and `race', studies in which he became a seminal figures.

Steinthal's two essays, one on languages of West Africa (1851), edited by Gerhard Böhm, and one on Chinese (1854), edited by Jerold Edmondson, show the novel phonetic, psychological and classificatory aspects of his linguistic researches, which received more recognition from the Volney Commissioners than from most of his contemporaries.

Extensive biographies and bibliographies of these two authors (by Joan Leopold for Max Müller and by Hans-Ulrich Lessing for Steinthal) accompany the annotated texts of their essays.

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Contenuti:

Volume III: Max Müller and the Linguistic Study of Civilization; J. Leopold.
Friedrich Max Müller: Comparative Philology of the Indo-European Languages and its Bearing of the Early Civilisation of Mankind' (1849); J. Leopold (ed.).
Heymann Steinthal: Linguistics with a Psychological Basis; H.-U. Lessing.
Development and Nature of African Linguistics in the Nineteenth Century with Special Reference to German-Speaking Countries; G. Böhm.
Heymann Steinthal: `Vergleichende Darstellung eines Sprachstammes der Neger nach seiner phonetischen und psychologischen Seite' (1851); G. Böhm (ed.).
Steinthal and the History of Chinese Linguistics; J. Edmondson.
`Zur vergleichenden Erforschung der chinesischen Sprache' (1854); H. Steinthal.

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• Editore: Springer Verlag
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 940105777X
• ISBN 13: 9789401057776
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 536
• Redattore: Leopold Joan