UEber die Kawi-sprache auf der Insel Java

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title UEber die Kawi-sprache auf der Insel Java
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Wilhelm von Humboldt
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - Linguistics
Series part Volume No. Volume 1
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:774
Dimensions(mm): Height 244,Width 170
Category/Genrelinguistics
ISBN/Barcode 9781108031530
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 15 September 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

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.