Über die Kawi-Sprache auf der Insel Java

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Über die Kawi-Sprache auf der Insel Java

Wilhelm von Humboldt

（Cambridge library collection, . Linguistics）

Cambridge University Press, 2011

  • v. 1 : pbk
  • v. 2 : pbk
  • v. 3 : pbk

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Über die Kawi-Sprache auf der Insel Java : nebst einer Einleitung über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues und ihren Einfluss auf die geistige Entwickelung des Menschengeschlechts

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Reprint. Originally published: Berlin : Druckerei der Königlichen Akademieder Wissenschaften, 1836-1839

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Volume

v. 1 : pbk ISBN 9781108031530

Description

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 posthumously published in 1836-9. The manuscript was prepared for the press by J. K. E. Buschmann, a protege of Humboldt's friend and colleague Bopp (also reissued in this series). 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 begins with a preface by Humboldt's brother Alexander describing Wilhelm's extensive academic network, and reprints Wilhelm's famous 1836 essay on language, before focusing on the question of Indian (Sanskrit and Buddhist) influences on Javan language and society.

Table of Contents

  • Vorwort
  • Einleitung
  • Erstes Buch. UEner 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 Gebrauchen
  • 3. Einfuhrung und Einfluss des Buddismus auf Java.
Volume

v. 2 : pbk ISBN 9781108031547

Description

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. Written in 1830-3, 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. The manuscript was prepared for the press by J. K. E. Buschmann, a protege of Humboldt's friend and colleague Bopp, whose work is also reissued in this series. 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 2 analyses the roots and grammatical structures of Kawi as attested in religious texts and heroic epics, and provides cross-linguistic data to demonstrate its relationship with other languages of the region.

Table of Contents

  • Vorwort
  • Zweites Buch. UEber die Kawi-Sprache
  • Drittes Buch. UEber 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

v. 3 : pbk ISBN 9781108031554

Description

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. The manuscript was prepared for the press by J. K. E. Buschmann, a protege of Humboldt's friend and colleague Bopp, whose work is also reissued in this series. 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 3 focuses on the comparative grammar, as attested in epics, songs, arithmetic books and bible translations, of several South Sea languages including Tagalog, Tongan, Tahitian and Hawaiian, and their relationship with the Malayan languages.

Table of Contents

  • Dritter Abschnitt. UEber die Sprachen der Sudsee-Inseln
  • Vierter Abschnitt. Vergleichende Grammatik der Sudsee-Sprachen
  • Vergleichende Grammatik der Sudsee-Sprachen und beilaufig des Malayischen Sprachstamme uberhaupt, von Buschmann.

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