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Lectures on the Science of Language — F. Max Müller

Lectures on the Science of Language

F. Max Müller

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 434 pages

These lectures from 1861 introduce the science of language, treating it as a physical science and examining how languages grow and are classified. F. Max Müller surveys comparative grammar, the constituent elements of speech, and theories about the origin of language. They offer a clear window into nineteenth-century linguistic thought.

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Contents

  1. Contents
  2. Dedication
  3. Preface.
  4. Lecture I. The Science Of Language One Of The Physical Sciences.
  5. Lecture II. The Growth Of Language In Contradistinction To The History Of Language.
  6. Lecture III. The Empirical Stage.
  7. Lecture IV. The Classificatory Stage.
  8. Lecture V. Genealogical Classification Of Languages.
  9. Lecture VI. Comparative Grammar.
  10. Lecture VII. The Constituent Elements Of Language.
  11. Lecture VIII. Morphological Classification.
  12. Lecture IX. The Theoretical Stage, And The Origin Of Language.
  13. Appendix.
  14. Index.
  15. Footnotes

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