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Author:   Joan Leopold
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   annotated edition
ISBN:  

9789401727600

ISBN 10:   9401727600
Pages:   502
Publication Date:   30 June 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Volume I: Preface. The Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and its Prizes; J. Leclant. Nineteenth-Century Linguistic and Social Science: Their Reflection in the Prix Volney Competition; J. Leopold. Transcription, Transliteration and the Idea of a Universal Alphabet; A. Kemp. Josef Scherer: Prizewinning Essay of 1822; A. Kemp (ed.). Josef Scherer: Prizewinning Essay of 1823; A. Kemp (ed.). Paul Ackermann: 'Essai sur l'analyse physique des langues ou de la formation et de l'usae d'un alphabet methodique' (1838); A. Kemp (ed.). The Prix Volney and French Studies; J. Bourquin. Studies in Dialectology for the Prix Volney; J.-P. Saint-Gerand. Life of Joseph Proudhon; G. Bordet. Proudhon's 'Recherches sur les categoiries grammaticales'; J. Bourquin. Pierre Joseph Proudhon: 'Recherches sur les categories grammaticales' (1839); J. Bourquin (ed.). Index. Volume II: Du Ponceau and General and American Indian Linguistics; R.H. Robins. Peter Sephen Du Ponceau: 'Essai de solution du probleme philologique propose en l'annee 1823 par la Commission de l'Institut Royal de France, chargee de la disposition du legs de M. Le Comte de Volney' (1825); R.H. Robins (ed.). Peter Stephen Du Ponceau's 'Memoire sur le systmeme grammatical des langues de quelques jnations indiennes de l'Amerique du Nord' (1838: In Search of a Typology of Grammatical Form); P. Swiggers. Peter Stephen Du Ponceau: Memoire sur le systeme grammatical des langues de quelques nations indiennes de l'Amerique du Nord' (1838). With notes and principal bibliographical references; P. Swiggers. The Other Candidate for the 1835 Volney Prize: Constantine Samuel Rafinesque; C. Boewe. Index. Volume III: Max Muller and theLinguistic Study of Civilization; J. Leopold. Friedrich Max Muller: 'Comparative Philology of the Indo-European Languages and its Bearing of the Early Civilisation of Mankind' (1849); J. Leopold (ed.). Heymann Steinthal: Linguistics with a Psychological Basis; H.-U. Lessing. Development and Nature of African Linguistics in the Nineteenth Century with Special Reference to German-Speaking Countries; G. Bohm. Heymann Steinthal: 'Vergleichende Darstellung eines Sprachstammes der Neger nach seiner phonetischen und psychologischen Seite' (1851); G. Bohm (ed.). Steinthal and the History of Chinese Linguistics; J. Edmondson. 'Zur vergleichenden Erforschung der chinesischen Sprache' (1854); H. Steinthal.

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