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On language : the diversity of human language=structure and its influence on the mental development of mankind / Wilhelm von Humboldt ; translated by Peter Heath ; with an introduction by Hans Aarsleff.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Humboldt, Wilhelm von, 1767-1835.
- Series:
- Texts in German philosophy
- Texts in German philosophy.
- Standardized Title:
- Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues ... English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Language and languages.
- Intellect.
- Physical Description:
- lxix, 296 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988.
- 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.
- ISBN:
- 0521257476
- 0521315131
- OCLC:
- 11550116
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