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050 0 0 _aP103
_b.H813 1999
082 0 0 _a410.92 LOS
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100 1 _aHumboldt, Wilhelm von,
_d1767-1835.
240 1 0 _aÜber die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues ....
_lEnglish
245 1 0 _aOn language :
_bon the diversity of human language construction and its influence on the mental development of the human species /
_cedited by Michael Losonsky ; translated by Peter Heath.
260 _aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1999.
300 _axli, 296 p. ;
_c24 cm.
440 0 _aCambridge texts in the history of philosophy
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. xxxvii-xxxix) and index.
505 _a1. 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.
600 1 0 _aHumboldt, Wilhelm von,
_d1767-1835.
650 0 _aLanguage and languages
_xPhilosophy.
700 1 _aLosonsky, Michael.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam024/98056527.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
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