Wilhelm von Humboldt's Conception of Linguistic Relativity
Author: Roger Langham Brown
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2014-01-02
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 3110877635
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The Philosophical Foundations of Humboldt's Linguistic Doctrines
Author: Martin L. Manchester
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 1985-01-01
Total Pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9027245142
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWilhelm von Humboldt s writings on language are a mixture of philosophical theorizing about mind and language on the one hand, and on the other hand, specialized studies of the most detailed sort of both the classical languages and languages which only in Humboldt s day were becoming known to European scholars, such as Sanskrit, Chinese, and native north and south American languages. This book endeavors to show that Humboldt s work on language is a coherent system of thought; to recapture and expose the systematic structure of assumption, hypothesis, argument and conclusion; and to assign many of the specific themes in his writing to a place within this structure.
The Relativity Principle in Language
Author: Kathrin Ehlen
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Published: 2011-06-22
Total Pages: 22
ISBN-13: 3640942434
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSeminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3, University of Paderborn (Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: Metaphor and Metonymy, language: English, abstract: For hundreds of years scholars have been pondering on the interconnection of language and thought with in some points corresponding and in some points differing results. Two important protagonists in this discussion were Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835) and Leo Weisgerber (1899-1985), whose positions to this question I am trying to set out in this paper. As the theme is very complex, I shall at least attempt to point out some aspects, which seem especially important to me. All the authors I consulted agree that Humboldt’s theory cannot be comprehended without considering the philosophical background. Not being a student of philosophy, conceiving this part of the paper was very difficult for me. I tried to do my best by picking out those aspects of his philosophical ideas which I thought indispensable for the understanding of his doctrines.
Language, Culture and Cognition from Descartes to Lewes
Author: Timo Kaitaro
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2022-02-28
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9004507248
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe monograph tells a different story on the history of modern philosophy: the narrative is no longer centred on the question whether knowledge results from experience or reason, but whether experience and reason are in fact possible without language.
Humboldt: 'On Language'
Author: Wilhelm von Humboldt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999-12-09
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780521667722
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWilhelm von Humboldt's classic study of human language was first published in 1836, as a general introduction to his three-volume treatise on the Kawi language of Java. It is the final statement of his lifelong study of the nature of language, exploring its universal structures and its relation to mind and culture. Empirically wide-ranging - Humboldt goes far beyond the Indo-European family of languages - it remains one of the most interesting and important attempts to draw philosophical conclusions from comparative linguistics. This 1999 volume presents a translation by Peter Heath, together with an introduction by Michael Losonsky that places Humboldt's work in its historical context and discusses its relevance to contemporary work in philosophy, linguistics, cognitive science, and psychology.
Wilhelm von Humboldt and Early American Linguistics
Author: Emanuel J. Drechsel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2024-02
Total Pages: 365
ISBN-13: 1108833047
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWilhelm 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 'stealing the show,' Humboldt's contributions to linguistics and anthropology have remained understudied in English until today. Drechsel's unique book addresses this gap by uncovering and examining Humboldt's influences on diverse issues in nineteenth-century American linguistics, from Peter S. Duponceau to the early Boasians, including Edward Sapir. This study shows how Humboldt's ideas have shaped the field in multiple ways. Shining a light on one of the early innovators of linguistics, it is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of the field.
The Limits of State Action
Author: Wilhelm von Humboldt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008-12-11
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1316284018
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis text is important both as one of the most interesting contributions to the liberalism of the German Enlightenment, and as the most significant source for the ideas which John Stuart Mill popularized in his essay On Liberty. Humboldt's concern is to define the criteria by which the permissible limits of the state's activities may be determined. His basic principle, like that of Mill, is that the only justification for government interference is the prevention of harm to others. He discusses in detail the role and limits of the state's responsibility for the welfare, security and morals of its citizens. Humboldt's special achievement in this work is to enlarge our sense of what a liberal political theory might be by his particularly sensitive grasp of the complexity of our attitudes to and our need of other people. Dr Burrow has based his translation on Coulthard's version of 1854. In an important introduction, he provides a most perceptive as well as scholarly guide to Humboldt's political thought.
The Travelers' World
Author: Harry LIEBERSOHN
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009-06-30
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 0674040236
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn unforgettable voyage filled with delightful characters, dramatic encounters, and rich cultural details, The Travelers' World heralds a moment of intellectual preparation for the modern global era. Harry Liebersohn examines the transformation of global knowledge during the great age of scientific exploration. We now travel effortlessly to distant places, but the questions about perception, truth, and knowledge that these intercontinental mediators faced still resonate.
Sprachtheorien der Neuzeit
Author: Peter Schmitter
Publisher: Gunter Narr Verlag
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 454
ISBN-13: 9783823350101
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Wilhelm Von Humboldt and Transcultural Communication in a Multicultural World
Author: John Walker
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: 2022
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 1571139753
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835) is the progenitor of modern linguistics and the originator of the modern teaching and research university. However, his work has received remarkably little attention in the English-speaking world. Humboldt conceives language as the source of cognition as well as communication, both rooted in the possibility of human dialogue. In the same way, his idea of the university posits the free encounter between radically different personalities as the source of education for freedom. For Humboldt, both linguistic and intellectual communication are predicated firstly on dialogue between persons, which is the prerequisite for all intercultural understanding. Linking Humboldt's concept of dialogue to his idea of translation between languages, persons, and cultures, this book shows how Humboldt's thought is of great contemporary relevance. Humboldt shows a way beyond the false alternatives of "culturalism" (the demand that a plurality of cultural and faith-based traditions be recognized as sources of ethical and political legitimacy in the modern world) and "universalism" (the assertion of the primacy of a universal culture of human rights and the renewal of the European Enlightenment project). John Walker explains how Humboldt's work emerges from the intellectual conflicts of his time and yet directly addresses the concerns of our own post-secular and multicultural age.
