Lectures on the Science of Language: Volume 1: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in 1861 (Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics)

Müller, F. Max

ISBN 10: 1108063047 / ISBN 13: 9781108063043

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2013

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• Title: Lectures on the Science of Language: Volume 1: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in 1861 (Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108063047
• ISBN 13: 9781108063043
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Born in Germany and trained in Greek, Latin and Sanskrit, Friedrich Max Müller (1823–1900) settled at Oxford, where he would become the university's first professor of comparative philology. Best known for his work on the Rig Veda, he brought the comparative study of language, mythology and religion to a wider audience in Victorian Britain. His lectures at the Royal Institution, published in two volumes between 1861 and 1864, were reprinted fifteen times before the end of the century. Volume 1 contains the nine 1861 lectures, in which Max Müller aligns the science of language with the physical sciences, breaking his subject down into the three stages that he argues mark the history of any branch of human knowledge: the empirical, the classificatory and the theoretical. Hugely successful at the time - George Eliot was particularly enthused - the lectures remain instructive reading in the history of linguistics.

Book Description

A pioneer in comparative philology, Friedrich Max Müller (1823–1900) is credited with popularising the subject in Victorian Britain. His hugely successful Royal Institution lectures, first published in two volumes in 1861–4, explore a range of philological topics and were reprinted fifteen times before the end of the century.