Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 68 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 365 g
New edition
Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 68 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 365 g
Reihe: Amsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800–1925
ISBN: 978-90-272-0874-3
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
The publication in 1816 of Bopp’s Über das Conjugationssystem can be considered the beginning of a systematic comparison of Indo-European languages, and thus as having led too the development of the study of language as a science, distinct from philology. The Analytical Comparison (1820) represents not merely a translation into English, as has been claimed in the literature, but a significant advance in theoretical clarity and methodological soundness.
This reprint is accompanied by a bio-bibliographical account of Bopp by J. D. Guigniaut, an introduction to Analytical Comparison by Friedrich Techmer, and a letter to Bopp by Wilhelm von Humboldt. Furthermore, the editor, E. F. K. Koerner, has added a Foreword, select bibliography, and index.
