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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    October 2010
    January 2010
    ISBN:
    9780511695285
    9781108006859
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511695285
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.33kg, 252 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Arabic and Middle Eastern Language and Linguistics, Middle East Studies, Area Studies, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Historical Linguistics, Language and Linguistics
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics
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    Subjects:
    Arabic and Middle Eastern Language and Linguistics, Middle East Studies, Area Studies, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Historical Linguistics, Language and Linguistics
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics
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    This wide-ranging comparative analysis of languages was one of the earliest products of the nineteenth century's burgeoning interest in philology. Its author was the French diplomat Baron de Merian, a contemporary of Wihelm von Humboldt and precursor of Franz Bopp and August Schleicher (also published in this series). Published shortly after Merian's death in 1828, this meticulous study is the result of twelve years of painstaking work. Merian concisely maps out the languages of the world, and attempts to trace all major dialects back to a common root. He ably demonstrates his competence as a philologist, illustrating his argument through extensive charts and tables, and does not shy away from topics such as Basque and Native American vocabulary which still pose problems for linguists today. Though many of Merian's theories have since been disproved, his pioneering work deserves its place in the history of linguistics.

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