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Studies in Formal Historical Linguistics
H. M. Hoenigswald
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Paperback. Series: Formal Linguistics Series. Num Pages: 64 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFF; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 4. Weight in Grams: 146.
These separate but related essays owe their existence to a combined concern for the workings of text criticism and historical linguistics and for the history of scholarship in these fields. On earlier occasions I have suggested certain views on the development of the so-called comparative method. Few things are more rewarding than to bring implicit preconceptions of the past and present out into the open, as I aimed to do then and as I aim to do now. This time existing tradition is treated as a body - without, I hope, being seriously distorting - and one small portion of ... Read more
These separate but related essays owe their existence to a combined concern for the workings of text criticism and historical linguistics and for the history of scholarship in these fields. On earlier occasions I have suggested certain views on the development of the so-called comparative method. Few things are more rewarding than to bring implicit preconceptions of the past and present out into the open, as I aimed to do then and as I aim to do now. This time existing tradition is treated as a body - without, I hope, being seriously distorting - and one small portion of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
Series
Formal Linguistics Series
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401025331
SKU
V9789401025331
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