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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781723403321

Autore

Manchester Martin L

Titolo

The philosophical foundations of Humboldt's linguistic doctrines [[electronic resource] /] / Martin L. Manchester

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 1985

ISBN

1-283-31402-9

9786613314024

90-272-7951-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, , 0304-0720 ; ; v. 32

Disciplina

410/.92/4

Soggetti

Linguistics - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The philosophical foundations -- pt. 2. The linguistic doctrines.

Sommario/riassunto

Wilhelm von Humboldt's writings on language are a mixture of philosophical theorizing about mind and language on the one hand, and on the other hand, specialized studies of the most detailed sort of both the classical languages and languages which only in Humboldt's day were becoming known to European scholars, such as Sanskrit, Chinese, and native north and south American languages. This book endeavors to show that Humboldt's work on language is a coherent system of thought; to recapture and expose the systematic structure of assumption, hypothesis, argument and conclusion; and to assign many