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Linguistic Variability and Intellectual Development - Humboldt, Wilhelm von, and Buck, George C. (Translated by), and Raven, Frithjof A. (Translated by)
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Linguistic Variability and Intellectual Development, Wilhelm von Humbolt's most famous work, was published by his brother Alexander posthumously, in 1836. It promptly established itself as a classic in the philosophy of language and has held that position ever since. With many examples from a vast multitude of languages, from Sanskrit to Delaware Indian, the author shows how character and structure of a language expresses the inner life and knowledge of its speakers and how their intellectual development is in turn shaped ...

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Linguistic Variability and Intellectual Development 1972, University of Pennsylvania Press, Pennsylvania

ISBN-13: 9780812210286

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Linguistic Variability & Intellectual Development 1971, University of Miami Press

ISBN-13: 9780870241338

Hardcover