Government of IndiaBiographies of Words and the Home of the Aryas
Author: Muller, F. Max
Keywords: Aryan, Language, Sanskrit, Words, Max Muller, European languages, Linguistic history
Publisher: Longmans, Green, London
Description: In the Introduction, the author includes a discussion on thoughts, words and languages, and talks about his attempts at discovering the ‘Aryan languages’. He tries to trace a common link between the European dialects and Sanskrit. Max Muller, in this work, deals with the roots of various words along with the changes in their usage over time. Apart from the main chapters, the book contains five appendices, including letters written by the author. This is an important work on linguistics and helps in understanding certain perceptions of Europeans of the term ‘Aryan’ in the nineteenth century.
Type: Rare Book
Received From: Central Secretariat Library
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.author | Muller, F. Max |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-25T16:09:38Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-25T16:09:38Z |
| dc.description | In the Introduction, the author includes a discussion on thoughts, words and languages, and talks about his attempts at discovering the ‘Aryan languages’. He tries to trace a common link between the European dialects and Sanskrit. Max Muller, in this work, deals with the roots of various words along with the changes in their usage over time. Apart from the main chapters, the book contains five appendices, including letters written by the author. This is an important work on linguistics and helps in understanding certain perceptions of Europeans of the term ‘Aryan’ in the nineteenth century. |
| dc.format.extent | xxvii, 278 p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | Longmans, Green, London |
| dc.subject | Aryan, Language, Sanskrit, Words, Max Muller, European languages, Linguistic history |
| dc.type | Rare Book |
| dc.date.copyright | 1888 |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | AS-001267 |
| dc.format.medium | text |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.author | Muller, F. Max |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-25T16:09:38Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-25T16:09:38Z |
| dc.description | In the Introduction, the author includes a discussion on thoughts, words and languages, and talks about his attempts at discovering the ‘Aryan languages’. He tries to trace a common link between the European dialects and Sanskrit. Max Muller, in this work, deals with the roots of various words along with the changes in their usage over time. Apart from the main chapters, the book contains five appendices, including letters written by the author. This is an important work on linguistics and helps in understanding certain perceptions of Europeans of the term ‘Aryan’ in the nineteenth century. |
| dc.format.extent | xxvii, 278 p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | Longmans, Green, London |
| dc.subject | Aryan, Language, Sanskrit, Words, Max Muller, European languages, Linguistic history |
| dc.type | Rare Book |
| dc.date.copyright | 1888 |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | AS-001267 |
| dc.format.medium | text |
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