Introduction to the Study of Language: A Critical Survey of the History and Methods of Comparative Philology of the Indo-European LanguagesFB & Limited, 1882 - 142 Seiten Excerpt from Introduction to the Study of Language: A Critical Survey of the History and Methods of Comparative Philology of the Indo-European Languages The character of the present work is mainly determined by the circumstance that it is intended by the author to facili tate the study of the Grammars which breitkopf hartel are publishing, as well as the comprehension of comparative philology in its newest form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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... German readers . On this account it seems to me especially important that the English translation should be pre- ceded by a few words of explanation , or , I might almost say , of apology . Above all , I would deprecate any comparison ...
... German mind . It is universally acknowledged , by those who have traced the history of Ger- man development , that there is an immense gulf between the views of the Germans of today and those prevalent up to the fourth or fifth ...
... German philological liter- ature , more especially to those who are desirous of subse- quently devoting more attention to the subject . If this trans- lation shall serve to awaken or strengthen an interest in the science which owes its ...
... German equivalent . He says : " I use the name ' indogerma- nisch ' ( originated by KLAPROTH ? ) because , as far as I can see , it is the most common in Germany . " The term " Aryan " , so frequently employed by English philologists ...
... the Annals of Oriental Literature , London , 1820 . This is not merely a translation , but in many respects quite different from the German original . [ Transl . ] " After these observations the reader will not be surprised 8 CHAPTER I.