Humboldt: On Language
Subtitle: On the Diversity of Human Language Construction and its Influence on the Mental Development of the Human Species (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy)
Contributors: Michael Losonsky (Editor); Peter Heath (Translator)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 28, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780521667722
Subjects: Philosophy of language; Philosophy; Humboldt, Wilhelm,; Freiherr von,; Language Arts & Disciplines; Linguistics; Language; Language and languages; History & Surveys - 19th Century; Language Arts & Disciplines-Linguistics; Language and languages--Philosophy; Philosophy / General; 1767-1835; General
First sentence: If we consider their dwelling-places, their mode of government, their history, and above all their language, the peoples of Malayan race stand in a stranger connection with races of different culture than perhaps any other people on earth.