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The Life And Growth Of Language: An Outline Of Linguistic Science

The Life And Growth Of Language: An Outline Of Linguistic Science


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About The Book:-Language May Be Briefly And Comprehensively Defined As The Means Of Expression Of Human Thought. In A Wider And Freer Sense Everything That Bodies Forth Thought And Makes It Apprehensible In Whatever Way, Is Called Language. Man Is The Sole Possessor Of Language. It Is True That A Certain Degree Of Power Of Communication, Sufficient For The Infinitely Restricted Needs Of Their Gregarious Intercourse, Is Exhibited Also By Some Of The Lower Animals. Thus The Dog’S Bark And Howl Signify By Their Difference And Each By Its Various Style And Tone, Very Different Things; The Domestic Fowl Has A Song Of Quiet Enjoyment Of Life, A Clutter Of Excitement And Alarm, A Cluck Of Maternal Anticipation Or Care, A Cry Of Warning And So On. But These Are Not Only Greatly Inferior In Their Degree To Human Language; They Are Also So Radically Diverse In Kind From It That The Same Name Cannot Justly Be Applied To Both Language Is One Of The Most Marked And Conspicuous, As Well As Fundamentally Characteristic Of The Faculties Of Man. About The Author:-William Dwight Whitney (1827-1894) Was An American Linguist, Philologist, And Lexicographer Known For His Work On Sanskrit Grammar And Vedic Philology As Well As His Influential View Of Language As A Social Institution. He Was The First President Of The American Philological Association And Editor-In-Chief Of The Century Dictionary. In 1850, Whitney Left The United States To Study Philology, And Especially Sanskrit, In Germany. There, He Spent His Winters At Berlin Studying Under Franz Bopp And Albrecht Weber, And His Summers Were Devoted To Research Under Rudolph Von Roth At Tübingen. It Was During His Time In Germany That Whitney Began A Major Life Project, "Preparation Of An Edition And Translation Of The Atharva-Veda. He Gained Wide Reputation For His Scholarship In The Field. In 1853, Yale University Offered Whitney A Position As "Professor Of Sanskrit", A Position Made Just For Him And The First Of Its Kind In The Uni


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  • ISBN-13: 9788121261821
  • Publisher: Gyan Publishing House
  • Height: 20 mm
  • No of Pages: 352
  • ISBN-10: 8121261821
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English

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