Wilhelm Von Humboldt and Early American Linguistics: Resources and Inspirations

by Emanuel J. Drechsel

Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835), an early pioneer in the philosophy of language, linguistic and educational theory, was not only one of the first European linguists to identify human language as a rule-governed system -the foundational premise of Noam Chomsky's generative theory - or to reflect on cognition in studying language; he was also a major scholar of Indigenous American languages. However, with his famous naturalist brother Alexander...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108833047
• ISBN13: 9781108833042
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"