22.3481, Books: Historical Linguistics: Humboldt

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Date: 03-Sep-2011
From: Joyce Reid [jreid at cambridge.org]
Subject: Über die Kawi-sprache auf der Insel Java 3 Volume Set: Humboldt

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Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:56:45
From: Joyce Reid [jreid at cambridge.org]
Subject: Über die Kawi-sprache auf der Insel Java 3 Volume Set: Humboldt

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Title: Über die Kawi-sprache auf der Insel Java 3 Volume Set 
Publication Year: 2011 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://us.cambridge.org

Author: Wilhelm von Humboldt

Paperback: ISBN:  9781108031561 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 88.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108031561 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 140.00

Abstract:

Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835) was a German philologist, diplomat and 
philosopher. While Minister of Education he was responsible for reforming the 
Prussian education system. His pioneering achievements in linguistics 
influenced many later scholars including Chomsky. This monumental three-
volume study of Kawi, a traditional formal and literary language of Java 
belonging to the Austronesian language family, was published posthumously in 
1836-9. Humboldt considered Kawi, which includes many Sanskrit loan-words, 
to be the common ancestor of all the Malayo-Polynesian languages, though this 
view is no longer accepted. Volume 1 discusses Sanskrit and Buddhist 
influences on Javan language and society. Volume 2 contains a detailed 
analysis of Kawi grammar and usage, based on an epic text, and compares 
Kawi with other languages of the region. Volume 3 focuses on grammatical 
features of Tagalog, Tongan, Tahitian and Hawaiian texts, and explores the 
relationship of these 'South Sea' languages with the 'Malayan' group. 

Volume 1:  Vorwort
Einleitung
Erstes Buch. Üner die Verbindungen zwischen Indien und Java
1. Sagen und geschichtliche Angaben
2. Beurtheilung des Alters und der Art der Verbindungen mit Indien aus dem 
Zustande Java's im Sprache, Einrichtungen und Gebräuchen
3. Einführung und Einfluss des Buddismus auf Java

Volume 2: Vorwort
Zweites Buch. Über die Kawi-Sprache
Drittes Buch. Über den Malayischen Sprachstamm: Erster Abschnitt. 
Stammverwandtschaft der Malayischen Sprachen
Zweiter Abschnitt. Betrachtung der einzelnen Sprachen des Stammes, 
besonders der im engeren Sinne Malayisch genannten oder des westlichen 
Zweiges. 

Volume 3: Dritter Abschnitt. Über die Sprachen der Südsee-Inseln
Vierter Abschnitt. Vergleichende Grammatik der Südsee-Sprachen; 
Vergleichende Grammatik der Südsee-Sprachen und beiläufig des 
Malayischen Sprachstamme überhaupt, von Buschmann. 

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics

Subject Language(s): Kawi (kaw)

Written In: English  (eng)

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