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Linguistics and Evolutionary Theory : Three Essays. New edition.
Title:
Linguistics and Evolutionary Theory : Three Essays. New edition.
Author:
Koerner, E.F.K.
ISBN:
9789027280497
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1 online resource (210 pages)
Series:
Amsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800–1925 ; v.6

Amsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800–1925
Contents:
LINGUISTICS AND EVOLUTIONARY THEORY -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Dedication -- Copyright page -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Table of Contents -- EDITOR'S FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- LINGUISTICS AND EVOLUTION THEORY A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ADDENDA -- REFERENCES -- ADDENDA -- LINGUISTICS AND EVOLUTIONARY THEORY: THREE ESSAYS -- THE DARWINIAN THEORY AND THE SCIENCE OF LANGUAGE -- Die Darwinsche Theorie und die Sprachwissenschaft. -- DARWINISM TESTED BY THE SCIENCE OF LANGUAGE. -- TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. -- Darwinism Tested By The Science Of Language. -- APPENDIX. -- Table: The Indo-European Stammbaum -- ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LANGUAGE FOR THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MAN -- Über die Bedeutung der Sprache für die Naturgeschichte des Menschen. -- [PREFACE] -- ON THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE -- Über den Ursprung der Sprache -- ON THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE -- EDITOR'S PREFACΈ. -- AUTHOR'S PREFACE. -- ON THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE AS A FIRST CHAPTER IN A HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMANITY. -- TRANSLATOR'S NOTE. -- APPENDIX DR. BLEEK AND THE SIMIOUS THEORY OF LANGUAGE.
Abstract:
Contains: The Darwinian Theory and the Science of language (1863) by August Schleicher, translated from the German by Alexander V. W. Bikkers. On the Significance of Language for the Natural History of Man (1865) by August Schleicher, translated from the German by J. Peter Maher. On the Origin of Language (1867) by Wilhelm H. I. Bleek, edited with a preface by Ernst Haeckel, translated from the German by Thomas Davidson.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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