Principes de l’étude comparative des langues : Suivis by Andreas Adoph von Merian, Julius Heinrich Klaproth

By Andreas Adoph von Merian, Julius Heinrich Klaproth

This wide-ranging comparative research of languages was once one of many earliest items of the 19th century's burgeoning curiosity in philology. Its writer was once the French diplomat Baron de Merian, a modern of Wihelm von Humboldt and precursor of Franz Bopp and August Schleicher (also released during this series). released presently after Merian's loss of life in 1828, this meticulous examine is the results of twelve years of painstaking paintings. Merian concisely maps out the languages of the realm, and makes an attempt to track all significant dialects again to a standard root. He ably demonstrates his competence as a philologist, illustrating his argument via huge charts and tables, and doesn't turn away from subject matters resembling Basque and local American vocabulary which nonetheless pose difficulties for linguists this present day. even though a lot of Merian's theories have because been disproved, his pioneering paintings merits its position within the heritage of linguistics.

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Afriq. moyenne. ik. eeka. oghiah, eghia agheni. agoun. ignis. ougnis. ouggouns. ogon. oughe. yenghilo. ouaga. afo. ufel. api. api. apoui. ouapto. eef. afou, aflbu. ofi. V. Racine. N avec voyelle, et 1NR. Vogoule. Pehlvi. Vilela. Phellata. Perou et Aimara. Tanna. Nouvelle-Caledonie . Arabe. Sib6rie. Perse. AineYique merid. Afriq. moyenne. Amerique merid. Oceanie. OctSanie. Asie. na'i. naglia. nie. ni'ite. nina. naoup. naoup. nar. FEU. Syriaque. Chaldeen. Java. Asie. nour. Asie. nour, nyrou. lies de la Sonde.

De plus, il est urgent de les composer autrement qu'on ne l'a fait jusqu'a present, c'est-a-dire avec plus de soin et plus de methode. L'etude generale du langage humain nous indique les routes les plus sures et les pins commodes pour arriver a la science. Ainsi que la lumiere du soleil qui se partage en une infinite de rayons , elle part d'un point et se dirige dans tous les sens. Elle deeouvre les rapports-]es plus eloignes; et souveut deux idees , deux formes, regardees d'abord comme tout-a-fait incompatibles, se sont trouvees rapprochees et conciliees par cette science.

Otou. vot. vot. eeta. kouati. katti. koulal. peets. bazou. voussik. voukakini. b^gherah. bakala. IV Racine. AK, AG, AF, etc. Hindouslani. Asiem6ridionale. Tsingane (ou Boh6mien). Tiggry. Afrique orient. Moxa. Amerique merid. Berber. Afrique orient. ag , aghin. yag, yago. haug. yoaka. ika. FEU. Doungola. Nouba. Achanti. Sanskrit. Bengali. Latin. Lithuanien. Lettonien. Slave. Krive. Youkaghir. lies de Soci<5t6. Breton. Gallois. Kourile. Malai. Tagala. Tamanaka. Nouvelle-Guinee. Macassar. Timbouktou.

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