Die Sprachen Europas in systematischer Übersicht: Linguistische Untersuchungen (Bonn, 1850). New edition
August Schleicher (1821–1868)
In Die Sprachen Europas in systematischer Uebersicht (Bonn 1850) Schleicher works out a naturalistic conception of language and a research program inspired by the methods of the natural sciences, in particular botany and geology. It does not only provide a general exposition of Schleicher’s views,… read more[Amsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800–1925, 4] 1983. lxii, viii, 270, 4 pp (altog. 344 pp).