Overview
Linguistic Variability and Intellectual Development, Wilhelm von Humbolt's most famous work, was published by his brother Alexander posthumously, in 1836. It promptly established itself as a classic in the philosophy of language and has held that position ever since. With many examples from a vast multitude of languages, from Sanskrit to Delaware Indian, the author shows how character and structure of a language expresses the inner life and knowledge of its speakers and how their intellectual development is in turn shaped by their language.
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Author: Wilhelm von Humboldt ,
George C. Buck ,
Frithjof A. Raven ,
Alexander von Humboldt
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.408kg
ISBN: 9780812210286
ISBN 10: 081221028
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 29 January 1972
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Humboldt's profound study is one of the classics of linguistic theory, a work of great insight and originality, of deep significance for the study of language and of human psychology and culture. His concept of linguistic forms and his ideas concerning linguistic creativiety are particularly fascinating and provocative, and of great contemporary interest. -Noam Chomsky This treatise, in our open and covert pro and con, has ever since determined the course of all subsequent philology and philosophy of language. . . . Astounding, obscure, and yet continuously stimulating. -Martin Heidegger
Humboldt's profound study is one of the classics of linguistic theory, a work of great insight and originality, of deep significance for the study of language and of human psychology and culture. His concept of linguistic forms and his ideas concerning linguistic creativiety are particularly fascinating and provocative, and of great contemporary interest. -Noam Chomsky This treatise, in our open and covert pro and con, has ever since determined the course of all subsequent philology and philosophy of language... Astounding, obscure, and yet continuously stimulating. -Martin Heidegger
This treatise, in our open and covert pro and con, has ever since determined the course of all subsequent philology and philosophy of language... Astounding, obscure, and yet continuously stimulating. -Martin Heidegger Humboldt's profound study is one of the classics of linguistic theory, a work of great insight and originality, of deep significance for the study of language and of human psychology and culture. His concept of linguistic forms and his ideas concerning linguistic creativiety are particularly fascinating and provocative, and of great contemporary interest. -Noam Chomsky
Author Information
Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835), German man of letters and diplomat, was also an extraordinary philologist.
