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1 online resource |
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Information cultures |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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Grimaldi at the gates of Muscovy (Fall 1689) -- Making the worst of a bad assignment: Origines Guelficae and the linguistic project (Autumn 1690-July 1692) -- Building the network (April 1691-June 1692) -- The Jesuit search for an overland route across Grand Tartary to China (1685-1689) -- Seeking the languages of Grand Tartary (August 1693-December 1694) -- Assembling Novissima Sinica (February-September 1695) -- Johann Gabriel Sparwenfeld and Gothic origins (November 1695-December 1697) -- The Grand Embassy of Peter the Great (Summer-Fall 1697) -- The Jesuits of Paris and China (1689, November 1697-March 1698) -- The foundations of modern historical linguistics (1697 -- 1716) |
| Summary |
"This is a work of literary history in which the author reconstructs the epistolary network of a German philologist and philosopher named Gottfried Leibniz and his extended coterie of far-flung correspondents who exchanged information and insights, by way of letters, about the emergent study of historical linguistics, as a means of retracing the origins of the various peoples of Europe. This book contributes to our understanding of the so-called international Republic of Letters in the early-modern period of Europe and the near East"-- Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716 -- Knowledge -- Linguistics
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Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716 -- Correspondence
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Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716 -- Correspondence
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Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716 -- Knowledge -- Linguistics
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Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716 fast |
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Republic of Letters (Society)
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Republic of Letters (Society) fast |
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Historical linguistics.
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Comparative linguistics -- Methodology
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historical linguistics.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
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Historical linguistics
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Letters
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Linguistics
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Literary theory.
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Historical & comparative linguistics.
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Asian history.
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Central Asia.
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Literature.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2018032698 |
| ISBN |
9781421427546 |
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1421427540 |
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