By William Dwight Whitney, William Dwight Whitney

The Life and Growth of Language

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Published in 1875, this work on historical linguistics shows how evolutionary theory was applied to other areas of academic study.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 480g
• ISBN-13: 9781108062817
• ISBN-10: 1108062814
• Artikelnr.: 39536245

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introductory
2. How each individual acquires his language
3. The conservative and alternative forces in language
4. Growth of language
5. Growth of language (cont.)
6. Growth of language (cont.)
7. Growth of language (cont.)
8. Summary: the name-making process
9. Local and class variation of language
10. Indo-European language
11. Linguistic structure
12. Other families of language
13. Language and ethnology
14. Nature and origin of language
15. The science of language
Index.