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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.
Rasmus Rask (1787-1832) was a Danish scholar who, having devoted
the early part of his career to the Old Norse and Anglo-Saxon
languages and literature, embarked upon a journey overland through
Russia to India in search of the cradle of the Indo-European
languages. He was delighted to rediscover the Avestan Zoroastrian
texts preserved by the Parsis which Anquetil du Perron had first
reported on sixty years earlier, and further Avestan materials, as
well as a lively Zoroastrian community. On his return, he
published, first in Danish and then in this German translation
(1826), a thorough phonological and morphological analysis which
showed that, contrary to the opinion of Anquetil's opponents, the
Avestan language and its religious texts were neither a dim folk
memory or a deliberate coinage based on Sanskrit, but a very
ancient language, originating in Persia, and an important member of
the Indo-European language family.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
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worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
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++++ Anvisning Till Islandskan Eller Nordiska Fornspraket Rasmus
Kristian Rask Grahn, 1818 Foreign Language Study; Scandinavian
Languages; Foreign Language Study / Scandinavian Languages; Old
Norse language
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