Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues : und ihren Einfluß auf die geistige Entwickelung des Menschengeschlechts

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Humboldt, Wilhelm von, 1767-1835, author

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Wilhelm von Humboldt's classic study of human language was first published posthumously in 1836 & influenced generations of scholars of language including Boas, Sapir & Chomsky. In the later 20th c...

Wilhelm von Humboldt's classic study of human language was first published posthumously in 1836 & influenced generations of scholars of language including Boas, Sapir & Chomsky. In the later 20th century, Humboldt's pioneering philosophical & linguistic works began once again to attract scholarly attention in their own right, & in the context of Humboldt's lively communication with other leading scholars of his day. This book, now reissued, summarises the author's theoretical views of language, its universal structures & its relation to mind, education & culture. It ranges far beyond the Indo-European languages & explores the ways in which the grammatical structures of languages make them more or less suitable as instruments of thought & cultural development. Humboldt also addresses the relationship between written & spoken language.

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