Analytical comparison of the Sanskrit, Greek, Latin and Teutonic languages, shewing the original identity of their grammatical structure / Franz Bopp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bopp, Franz, 1791-1867.

Contributor:

Guigniaut, Joseph-Daniel, 1794-1876.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Amsterdam classics in linguistics, 1800-1925 ; Series I, v. 3.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series I, Amsterdam classics in linguistics, 1800-1925 ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indo-European languages--Verb.

Indo-European languages.

Indo-European languages--Grammar, Comparative.

Bopp, Franz, 1791-1867.

Bopp, Franz.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (107 p.)

Edition:

Newly edited, together with a bio-bibliographical account of Bopp by J. D. Guigniaut, an introd. to Analytical comparison by F. Techmer and a letter by W. von Humboldt / by E. F. K. Koerner ; with a new pref. and an index of authors.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Benjamins, 1974.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The publication in 1816 of Bopp's Über das Conjugations system 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 C

Contents:

ANALYTICAL COMPARISON OF THE SANSKRIT, GREEK, LATIN AND TEUTONIC LANGUAGES, SHEWING THE ORIGINAL IDENTITY OF THEIR GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE TO THE 1974 EDITION; FOREWORD TO THE NEW PRINTING; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; NOTICE HISTORIQUE SUR LA VIE ET LES TRAVAUX DE M. FRANÇOIS BOPP; VORWORT DES HERAUSGEBERS.; ANALYTICAL COMPARISON OF THE SANSKRIT, GREEK, LATIN, AND TEUTONIC LANGUAGES, SHEWING THE ORIGINAL IDENTITY OF THEIR GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE. BY F. BOPP.; WILHELM V. HUMBOLDT AN F. BOPP ÜBER ANALYTICAL COMPARISON.

INDEX OF AUTHORS The series AMSTERDAM CLASSICS IN LINGUISTICS, 1800-1925

Notes:

English, French, or German.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-05151-6

9786613051516

90-272-9028-8

OCLC:

707925237