On language
Subtitle: the diversity of human language=structure and its influence on the mental development of mankind
By: Wilhelm von Humboldt ; translated by Peter Heath ; with an introduction by Hans Aarsleff.
Contributors: Heath, Peter Lauchlan, 1922-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Language and languages.; Intellect.
Work titles: Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues ....
Notes: Originally published as the introduction to the author's Über die Kawi=Sprache auf der Insel Java (1836-1839) and also issued separately (1836) under title: Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues und ihren Einfluss auf die geistige Entwickelung des Menschengeschlechts.

Includes bibiographical references and index.