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Johann Severin Vater (1771 1826) was professor of theology and
Oriental languages at Halle, but his linguistic interests also
included Slavonic and Native North American languages. This book,
first published in 1822, was a landmark publication of the first
generation of Indo-European comparative philology, and was intended
as a resource for future comparative study. It includes a
substantial contribution by Rasmus Rask, the influential and
prolific early Danish linguist, comparing members of the 'Thracian'
family of languages, as he called Greek, Latin, Lithuanian,
Slavonic and Germanic (including Old Norse), which he had proved to
be related. Vater translated this so as to make it available to
linguists who could not access the original Danish edition. In
addition there are chapters on Albanian, Gaelic, and Georgian
(which later research showed to be a Caucasian language), and the
book includes numerous comparative tables for easy reference.
Johann Severin Vater (1771 1826) was professor of theology and
Oriental languages at Halle, but his linguistic interests ranged
far more widely. This 1801 publication is the thirty-year-old
scholar's ambitious attempt to outline a universal theory of
language. Vater begins with a short definition of language, and two
chapters speculating on the origins of human language and
mechanisms for language change. These theoretical chapters, Vater
says, were intended to be accessible to students making the
transition from classics to philosophy. Vater then proposes the
possibility of an overarching theory that could accommodate the
different sounds, structures and vocabularies used to encode
language functions, and which could be used by scholars to describe
the grammar of different languages. He goes a stage further in
suggesting that this could be the basis of a universal language.
The book ends with a fascinating bibliography of early modern
writings on language.
Johann Severin Vater (1771 1826) was professor of theology and
Oriental languages at Halle, but his wide-ranging linguistic
interests included Slavonic and Native North American languages
(the latter classified using data provided by Alexander von
Humboldt). This book, first published in 1815, describes itself as
a bibliography pertaining to 'all the languages of the world'. It
is a monument to late eighteenth-century research into languages
and linguistics, listing for each of its entries relevant texts
with lexicons and grammars of the language in question. It was a
valuable resource for nineteenth-century philologists, and its
intended reach beyond the German-speaking scholarly world is
indicated by the fact that the German text is accompanied by a
Latin translation throughout. As well as including many Asian
languages, the book recapitulates Vater's research on Native
American languages, his knowledge of which was virtually unrivalled
in Europe at that time.
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++++ Praktische Grammatik Der Russischen Sprache In Tabellen Und
Regeln: Nebst Uebungsstucken Zur Grammatischen Analyse, Einer
Einleitung Uber Geschichte Der Russischen Sprache Und Die Anordnung
Ihrer Grammatik, Und Berichtigung Der Heymischen Sprachlehre: Mit
Einem Kupfer Johann Severin Vater Crusius, 1808
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edition identification: ++++ Animadversiones Et Lectiones Ad
Aristotelis Libros Tres Rhetoricorum. Accedit Auctarium F.A. Wolfii
Johann Severin Vater Philosophy; History & Surveys; Ancient
& Classical; Philosophy / History & Surveys / Ancient &
Classical
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Title: Untersuchungen u ber Amerika's Bevo lkerung aus dem alten
Kontinente.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF
COLONIAL NORTH AMERICA collection includes books from the British
Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection refers to the
European settlements in North America through independence, with
emphasis on the history of the thirteen colonies of Britain.
Attention is paid to the histories of Jamestown and the early
colonial interactions with Native Americans. The contextual
framework of this collection highlights 16th century English,
Scottish, French, Spanish, and Dutch expansion. ++++The below data
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British Library Vater, Johann Severin; 1810 8 . 9555.d.9.
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