02770cam a2200349 a 4500 2211 2211 3091307 OSt 20190917162829.0 981230s1999 nyu b 001 0 eng 98056527 0521667720 (pbk.) DLC DLC DLC eng ger P103 .H813 1999 410.92 LOS 23 Humboldt, Wilhelm von, 1767-1835. Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues .... English On language : on the diversity of human language construction and its influence on the mental development of the human species / edited by Michael Losonsky ; translated by Peter Heath. New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999. xli, 296 p. ; 24 cm. Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxvii-xxxix) and index. 1. Distribution and cultural connection of the Malayan races; 2. General consideration of the course of man's development; 3. The same, continued; 4. Effects of exceptional mental power; 5. Conjoint action of individuals and nations; 6. The same, continued; 7. Transition to closer consideration of language; 8. Form of languages; 9. Nature and constitution of languages as such; 10. Sound-system of languages; 11. Inner linguistic form; 12. Combination of sound with inner linguistic form; 13. The procedure of language more fully explained; 14. Isolation, inflection and agglutination of words; 15. Verbal unity more closely examined; 16. Accent; 17. Incorporative system of languages; 18. Congruence of sound-forms in languages with grammatical requirements; 19. Main division of languages, according to the purity of their formative principle; 20. Character of languages; 21. Power of languages to evolve felicitously from one to another; 22. Retrospect on the course of the inquiry so far; 23. Nature and origin of less perfect language-structure; 24. The Chinese language; 25. Whether the polysyllabic language-structure has evolved from the monosyllabic. Humboldt, Wilhelm von, 1767-1835. Language and languages Philosophy. Losonsky, Michael. Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam024/98056527.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam029/98056527.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ocip 19 y-gencatlg ddc STS 0 0 ddc 0 0 36/1 AIISH AIISH 2019-09-17 0 410.92 LOS 12169 2019-09-17 00:00:00 2019-09-17 STS