Johann Gottfried Herder
In [[Charles Taylor (philosopher)|Charles Taylor]]'s important summative work, "The Language Animal: The Full Shape of the Human Linguistic Capacity" (2016), von Humboldt is given credit, along with [[Johann Georg Hamann]] and [[Johann Gottfried Herder]], for inspiring Taylor's "HHH" approach to the philosophy of language, emphasizing the creative power and cultural specificity of language.