Humboldt : On the Diversity of Human Language Construction and its Influence on the Mental Development of the Human Species

Name: Humboldt
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521660891
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ISBN: 9780521660891

2 Revised edition

by Wilhelm von Humboldt

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Format Hardback

Book Series Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy

ISBN-10 0521660890

ISBN-13 9780521660891

Edition 2 Revised edition

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Dec 9th, 1999

Print length 342 Pages

Weight 694 grams

Dimensions 23.50 x 15.80 x 2.30 cms

Product Classification: Philosophy of language

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This classic study of human language remains one of the most interesting and important attempts to draw philosophical conclusions from comparative linguistics. This 1999 volume presents a translation by Peter Heath together with an introduction by Michael Losonsky that places Humboldt's work in its historical and philosophical context.

Wilhelm von Humboldt's classic study of human language was first published in 1836, as a general introduction to his three-volume treatise on the Kawi language of Java. It is the final statement of his lifelong study of the nature of language, exploring its universal structures and its relation to mind and culture. Empirically wide-ranging - Humboldt goes far beyond the Indo-European family of languages - it remains one of the most interesting and important attempts to draw philosophical conclusions from comparative linguistics. This 1999 volume presents a translation by Peter Heath, together with an introduction by Michael Losonsky that places Humboldt's work in its historical context and discusses its relevance to contemporary work in philosophy, linguistics, cognitive science, and psychology.

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