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On language diversity and r...
From the Renaissance onwards, European scholars began to collect and study the various languages of the Old and the New Worlds. The recognition of language diversity encouraged them to explain how differences between languages emerged, why languages kept changing, and in what language families they could be classified. The present volume brings together the papers of the late George J. Metcalf (1908-1994) that discuss the search for possible genetic language relationships, and the study of language developments and origins, in Early Modern Europe. Two general chapters, surveying the period bet
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monografia Rebiun11983570 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun11983570 m o d cr cnu---unuuu 130906s2013 ne o 000 0 eng d 9789027271495 9027271496 1299828566 9781299828568 IDEBK. eng. pn. IDEBK. OCLCQ. NT. CDX. E7B. MHW. EBLCP. UNAV 410 23 On language diversity and relationship from Bibliander to Adelung Recurso electrónico] Edited with an Introduction by Toon Van Hal and Raf Van Rooy, University of Leuven Amsterdam John Benjamins Publishing Company 2013 Amsterdam Amsterdam John Benjamins Publishing Company EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences v. 120 From the Renaissance onwards, European scholars began to collect and study the various languages of the Old and the New Worlds. The recognition of language diversity encouraged them to explain how differences between languages emerged, why languages kept changing, and in what language families they could be classified. The present volume brings together the papers of the late George J. Metcalf (1908-1994) that discuss the search for possible genetic language relationships, and the study of language developments and origins, in Early Modern Europe. Two general chapters, surveying the period bet Forma de acceso: World Wide Web Van Hal, Toon Van Rooy, Raf Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III Studies in the history of the language sciences v. 120 0304-0720