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Excerpt from A Comparative Dictionary of the Languages of India and High Asia: With a Dissertation Le but principal de mes recherches a done été essentiellement pratique: toutefois Jose espérer qu'elles me seront pas sans utilité au point de vue de la philologie. Cette science s'est occupe'e jusqu'ici presqu' exclusivement des idiomes indo-germaniques et Semitiques, c'est a dire du langage envisage dans une seule de ses phases, et non pas la plus intéressante. L'étude cles langues non-aryennes de l'inde doit, j'en ai la conviction, aboutir au classement d'un vaste résidu linguistique (si je puis m'exprimer ainsi); elle fournira les bases d'une nouvelle science du langage, de meme qu'il y a quatre-vingt ans l'étude de Sanscrit aux Indes posa les fondements sur lesquels a été élevé le systeme de philologie qui a cours aujourd'hui. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
This work investigates the comparative linguistic landscape of India and High Asia, aiming to establish a new framework for language science. The author, W. W. Hunter, presents a practical research endeavor that he hopes will also prove valuable to philology. While existing philological studies have largely focused on Indo-Germanic and Semitic languages, Hunter posits that the study of non-Aryan languages in India will yield a significant linguistic residue. This research is intended to provide the foundation for a novel science of language, analogous to how the study of Sanskrit in India eighty years prior laid the groundwork for contemporary philology.
This classic reprint, originally authored by W. W. Hunter, is presented as a foundational text in comparative linguistics, particularly concerning the languages of India and High Asia. The publisher, Forgotten Books, utilizes modern technology to reconstruct the work, aiming to preserve its historical integrity while repairing imperfections. The text itself is framed as a practical research endeavor with significant philological implications, suggesting a scholarly audience interested in the historical development of linguistic studies and the classification of diverse language families. The republication ensures continued access to this historical academic contribution.
Page Count:
238
Publication Date:
2017-09-15
Publisher:
FB&C Limited
ISBN-10:
1527791610
ISBN-13:
9781527791619
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