Garland Hampton Cannon

The Life and Mind of Oriental Jones

Sir William Jones, the Father of Modern Linguistics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This brilliant thesis of language families laid the groundwork for modern comparative linguistics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 850g
• ISBN-13: 9780521391498
• ISBN-10: 0521391490
• Artikelnr.: 23580500

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Chronology of Jones's life
1. A barbanic oriental conqueror (to 1770)
2. Delicate Arab maidens and liquid ruby (1770-1772)
3. Persian Jones and constitutional law (1772-1777)
4. The athenian and eleutherion (1778-1780)
5. An ass laden with gold (1780)
6. Politics: writings and activism (1780-1782)
7. James River property (1782-1783)
8. A vision in the Indian Ocean (1783-1785)
9. A sacred oriental language (1785)
10. A genetic explanation: Indo-European (1786-1787)
11. Sanskrit literary treasures (1787-1788)
12. An Indian renaissance (1789)
13. A burning tropical sun (1790-1791)
14. Scholar-Martyr (1791-1794)
15. Jones today
Appendix
Notes
Selected bibliography
Index.