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Author Humboldt, Wilhelm von, 1767-1835.

Title On language : the diversity of human language=structure and its influence on the mental development of mankind / Wilhelm von Humboldt ; translated by Peter Heath ; with an introduction by Hans Aarsleff
Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988

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Description lxix, 296 pages ; 24 cm
Series Texts in German philosophy
Texts in German philosophy.
Analysis Language
Language - Philosophical perspectives
Notes Originally published as the introduction to the author's Über die Kawi=Sprache auf der Insel Java (1836-1839) and also issued separately (1836) under title: Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues und ihren Einfluss auf die geistige Entwickelung des Menschengeschlechts
Bibliography Includes bibiographical references and index
Notes Originally published as the introduction to the author's ̈Uber die Kawi=Sprache auf der Insel Java (1836-1839) and also issued separately (1836) under title: ̈Uber die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues und ihren Einfluss auf die geistige Entwickelung des Menschengeschlechts
Translation from the German
Subject Intellect.
Language and languages -- Philosophy.
Language and languages.
Author Heath, Peter, 1922-2002.
LC no. 84028561
ISBN 0521257476
0521315131 (paperback)
Other Titles Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues ... English