LINGUIST List 22.3481 Tue Sep 06 2011 Books: Historical Linguistics: Humboldt Editor for this issue: Danniella Hornby <daniellalinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers are available at the end of this issue. Directory         1.     Joyce Reid , Über die Kawi-sprache auf der Insel Java 3 Volume Set: Humboldt Message 1: Über die Kawi-sprache auf der Insel Java 3 Volume Set: Humboldt Date: 03-Sep-2011 From: Joyce Reid <jreidcambridge.org> Subject: Über die Kawi-sprache auf der Insel Java 3 Volume Set: Humboldt E-mail this message to a friend Title: Über die Kawi-sprache auf der Insel Java 3 Volume Set Published: 2011 Publisher: Cambridge University Press                 http://us.cambridge.org Author: Wilhelm von Humboldt Paperback: ISBN: 9781108031561 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 88.00 Paperback: ISBN: 9781108031561 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 140.00 Abstract: Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835) was a German philologist, diplomat and philosopher. While Minister of Education he was responsible for reforming the Prussian education system. His pioneering achievements in linguistics influenced many later scholars including Chomsky. This monumental three- volume study of Kawi, a traditional formal and literary language of Java belonging to the Austronesian language family, was published posthumously in 1836-9. Humboldt considered Kawi, which includes many Sanskrit loan-words, to be the common ancestor of all the Malayo-Polynesian languages, though this view is no longer accepted. Volume 1 discusses Sanskrit and Buddhist influences on Javan language and society. Volume 2 contains a detailed analysis of Kawi grammar and usage, based on an epic text, and compares Kawi with other languages of the region. Volume 3 focuses on grammatical features of Tagalog, Tongan, Tahitian and Hawaiian texts, and explores the relationship of these 'South Sea' languages with the 'Malayan' group. Volume 1: Vorwort Einleitung Erstes Buch. Üner die Verbindungen zwischen Indien und Java 1. Sagen und geschichtliche Angaben 2. Beurtheilung des Alters und der Art der Verbindungen mit Indien aus dem Zustande Java's im Sprache, Einrichtungen und Gebräuchen 3. Einführung und Einfluss des Buddismus auf Java Volume 2: Vorwort Zweites Buch. Über die Kawi-Sprache Drittes Buch. Über den Malayischen Sprachstamm: Erster Abschnitt. Stammverwandtschaft der Malayischen Sprachen Zweiter Abschnitt. Betrachtung der einzelnen Sprachen des Stammes, besonders der im engeren Sinne Malayisch genannten oder des westlichen Zweiges. Volume 3: Dritter Abschnitt. Über die Sprachen der Südsee-Inseln Vierter Abschnitt. Vergleichende Grammatik der Südsee-Sprachen; Vergleichende Grammatik der Südsee-Sprachen und beiläufig des Malayischen Sprachstamme überhaupt, von Buschmann. 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