Linguistics and Evolutionary Theory
Three Essays. New edition
Published on 1. January 1983
Book
Hardback
210 pages
978-90-272-0877-4 (ISBN)
Description
Contains:
The Darwinian Theory and the Science of language (1863) by August Schleicher, translated from the German by Alexander V. W. Bikkers.
On the Significance of Language for the Natural History of Man (1865) by August Schleicher, translated from the German by J. Peter Maher.
On the Origin of Language (1867) by Wilhelm H. I. Bleek, edited with a preface by Ernst Haeckel, translated from the German by Thomas Davidson.
The Darwinian Theory and the Science of language (1863) by August Schleicher, translated from the German by Alexander V. W. Bikkers.
On the Significance of Language for the Natural History of Man (1865) by August Schleicher, translated from the German by J. Peter Maher.
On the Origin of Language (1867) by Wilhelm H. I. Bleek, edited with a preface by Ernst Haeckel, translated from the German by Thomas Davidson.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
84, 78 pp. (altog. 210 pp.).
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 154 mm
Weight
410 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-0877-4 (9789027208774)
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Content
1. Acknowledgements; 2. Editor's Foreword; 3. Introduction (by Maher, J. Peter); 4. Linguistics and Evolution Theory: A select bibliography; 5. References (by Koerner, E.F.K.); 6. Linguistics and Evolutionary Theory: Three Essays; 7. 1. The Darwinian Theory and the Science of Language (1863) by August Schleicher (by Bikkers, Alexander V.W.); 8. 2. On the Significance of Language for the Natural History of Man (1865) by August Schleicher (by Maher, J. Peter); 9. 3. On the Origin of Language (1867) by Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel Bleek, edited with a preface by Ernst Haeckel (by Davidson, Thomas); 10. Appendix: Dr. Bleek and the Simious Theory of Language by William Dwight Whitney (1872)