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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Archibald Henry Sayce (1845-1933) became interested in Middle
Eastern languages and scripts while still a teenager. Old Persian
and Akkadian cuneiform had recently been deciphered, and popular
enthusiasm for these discoveries was running high when Sayce began
his academic career at Oxford in 1869. In this two-volume work of
1880, Sayce attempts to give 'a systematic account of the Science
of Language, its nature, its progress and its aims'. As he
explains, the methods and theories which underlie the work were set
out in his 1874 Principles of Comparative Philology (also reissued
in this series). In Volume 1, Sayce outlines the history of
theories of language, and the development of a science of language,
and considers the causes of language change, phonology, morphology
and comparative syntax. Chapter appendices examine topics such as
the vocal organs of animals and the various phonetic alphabets then
in use.
Archibald Henry Sayce (1845-1933) became interested in Middle
Eastern languages and scripts while still a teenager. Old Persian
and Akkadian cuneiform had recently been deciphered, and popular
enthusiasm for these discoveries was running high when Sayce began
his academic career at Oxford in 1869. In this two-volume work of
1880, Sayce attempts to give 'a systematic account of the Science
of Language, its nature, its progress and its aims'. As he
explains, the methods and theories which underlie the work were set
out in his 1874 Principles of Comparative Philology (also reissued
in this series). Volume 2 deals with language groups (both ancient
and modern), examining separately the inflexional families with
their root/inflection system, and the systems of agglutinative
languages, before discussing comparative mythology, the origins of
language, and the place of the science of language in the wider
social sciences. Sayce also provides a bibliography for students.
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