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Humboldt: 'On Language': 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 2 Revised edition
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Humboldt: 'On Language': 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 2 Revised edition
Wilhelm von Humboldt
This classic study of human language remains one of the most interesting and important attempts to draw philosophical conclusions from comparative linguistics. This 1999 volume presents a translation by Peter Heath together with an introduction by Michael Losonsky that places Humboldt's work in its historical and philosophical context.
344 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | December 9, 1999 |
ISBN13 | 9780521667722 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 344 |
Dimensions | 153 × 228 × 21 mm · 526 g |
Language | English |
Translator | Heath, Peter |
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