 | Aniket Jaaware - 2001 - 576 páginas
...is the first sentence of the Preface to a book called Vergleichende Grammatik (Comparative Grammar): "In this book my aim is a comparative, comprehensive...physical and mechanical laws, and the origin of the forms characterising grammatical relations".33 What he means by 'physical' laws are what we now call 'phonetic'... | |
 | Matthias Dörries - 2002 - 228 páginas
...metaphor; as he expressed it in his Vergleichende Grammatik, iii (note 35): "I intend in this book a comparative, comprehensive description of the organism...physical and mechanical laws, and the origin of the forms indicating grammatical relationships." Humboldt and Bopp had, in utilizing this metaphor, adopted the... | |
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In this book my aim is a comparative, comprehensive description of the organism of the languages mentioned in the title, an investigation of their physical and mechanical laws, and the origin of the forms characterizing grammatical relations. 