F. Max M. Ller, F. Max Muller

Lectures on the Science of Language

Volume 2: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in 1863

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Published 1861-4, these two volumes of lectures on philological topics, reprinted multiple times, enthused Victorian readers, including George Eliot.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 614
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 854g
• ISBN-13: 9781108063050
• ISBN-10: 1108063055
• Artikelnr.: 39712524

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introductory lecture: new materials for the science of language, and new theories
2. Language and reason
3. The physiological alphabet
4. Phonetic change
5. Grimm's law
6. On the principles of etymology
7. On the powers of roots
8. Metaphor
9. The mythology of the Greeks
10. Jupiter, the supreme Aryan god
11. Myths of the dawn
12. Modern mythology
Index.