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UEber die Kawi-sprache auf der Insel Java
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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UEber die Kawi-sprache auf der Insel Java
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Wilhelm von Humboldt
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Series | Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics |
Series part Volume No. |
Volume 1
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:774 | Dimensions(mm): Height 244,Width 170 |
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Category/Genre | linguistics |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781108031530
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
15 September 2011 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835) was a German philologist, diplomat and philosopher. While Minister of Education he was responsible for reforming the Prussian education system. His pioneering achievements in linguistics influenced many later scholars including Chomsky. This monumental three-volume study of Kawi, a traditional formal and literary language of Java belonging to the Austronesian language family, was posthumously published in 1836-9. The manuscript was prepared for the press by J. K. E. Buschmann, a protege of Humboldt's friend and colleague Bopp (also reissued in this series). Humboldt considered Kawi, which includes many Sanskrit loan-words, to be the common ancestor of all the Malayo-Polynesian languages, though this view is no longer accepted. Volume 1 begins with a preface by Humboldt's brother Alexander describing Wilhelm's extensive academic network, and reprints Wilhelm's famous 1836 essay on language, before focusing on the question of Indian (Sanskrit and Buddhist) influences on Javan language and society.
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