The Life and Growth of Language / William Dwight Whitney

Public ISBD Titre : The Life and Growth of Language Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : William Dwight Whitney, Auteur ; Harris Roy, Editeur scientifique Editeur : Cambridge [United Kingdom] : Cambridge University Press Année de publication : 2013 Collection : Cambridge Library Collection Importance : 326 p Présentation : ill.,couv.en coul Format : 14x21.5 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-108-06281-7 Langues : Français Catégories : LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:428 phonetique et linguistique Mots-clés : Langage  Histoire Résumé : William Dwight Whitney (1827-94) was the foremost American philologist and Sanskrit scholar of the nineteenth century. After studying in Germany, then at the forefront of linguistic scholarship, he assumed the chair of Sanskrit at Yale in 1854, with comparative philology added to his professorship in 1869. As well as teaching modern languages, Whitney published over 300 scholarly papers and books, acted as chief editor of the ten-volume Century Dictionary, and co-founded the American Philological Association. In this important 1875 work, the influence of evolutionary theory on other branches of nineteenth-century scholarship, not merely biology, is clear in the discussion of the development of language. Whitney's survey is wide-ranging, beginning with an examination of language acquisition and how language shapes or limits our thought processes. Stressing the scientific basis of historical linguistics, he further looks at how different languages have changed over time, in terms of grammatical form, pronunciation and meaning. The Life and Growth of Language [texte imprimé] / William Dwight Whitney, Auteur ; Harris Roy, Editeur scientifique . - Cambridge (United Kingdom) : Cambridge University Press, 2013 . - 326 p : ill.,couv.en coul ; 14x21.5 cm. - (Cambridge Library Collection) . ISBN : 978-1-108-06281-7 Langues : Français Catégories : LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:428 phonetique et linguistique Mots-clés : Langage  Histoire Résumé : William Dwight Whitney (1827-94) was the foremost American philologist and Sanskrit scholar of the nineteenth century. After studying in Germany, then at the forefront of linguistic scholarship, he assumed the chair of Sanskrit at Yale in 1854, with comparative philology added to his professorship in 1869. As well as teaching modern languages, Whitney published over 300 scholarly papers and books, acted as chief editor of the ten-volume Century Dictionary, and co-founded the American Philological Association. In this important 1875 work, the influence of evolutionary theory on other branches of nineteenth-century scholarship, not merely biology, is clear in the discussion of the development of language. Whitney's survey is wide-ranging, beginning with an examination of language acquisition and how language shapes or limits our thought processes. Stressing the scientific basis of historical linguistics, he further looks at how different languages have changed over time, in terms of grammatical form, pronunciation and meaning.

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The Slave States Of America / James Silk Buckingham

Public ISBD Titre : The Slave States Of America : Volume 1 Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : James Silk Buckingham, Auteur Editeur : Cambridge [United Kingdom] : Cambridge University Press Année de publication : 2011 Collection : Cambridge Library Collection Importance : 486p Présentation : ill.,couv.en coul Format : 13.8x21.5cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-108-03345-9 Langues : Anglais Catégories : LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:427 Historical geographical Mots-clés : American History  General Interest  Social and Population History  Historical Geography  History  Early Republic and Antebellum History  North American History Résumé : his historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1842. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAP. XXXVI. Journey from Augusta to Charleston by railroad--Alligators and vultures--Unhealthiness of the rice-grounds--Ghastly complexions of the whites--Practice of eating a sweet kind of clay--Arrival at Charleston--Sudden street-duel--Affrays and murders in Southern States--Effects produced by the system of Slavery--Picture of the present distress in Mississippi--Jefferson's opinion of the examples of Slavery--Dread of Abolition--Resemblance of the Battery of Charleston to that of New York--Episcopal churches--Excursion in the Neptune to Sullivan's Island--Temperance meeting--" God save the King," by an American choir--Commercial convention--New military guardhouse--Insurrection of the slaves--Difficulties in the way of immediate emancipation--The trinket-worm--Handwriting of the Southern ladies--Fireflies from Havannah. On Saturday, the 25th of May, we left Augusta at five in the morning, and crossing over the Savannah river by the bridge, we got into the railroad cars at the village of Hamburgh, and started on our journey to Charleston at six o'clock. This railroad was originally laid across all the hollow and swampy parts of the way on the ends of perpendicular posts; and in many places these rose to a height of twenty feet above the lower level; so that a turn off the road by the engine and cars would have been fatal to all embarked in them; and even the looking over on each side affected the passengers disagreeably. It was found, indeed, to be so objectionable, that for the last year a number of men have been employed filling up these hollows, and the work is now nearly USE OF THE PUNKAH. 549 complete. This has occasioned, however, so much outlay of expense, that the State Legislature has passed an act authorizing the directors of the railroad to raise... The Slave States Of America : Volume 1 [texte imprimé] / James Silk Buckingham, Auteur . - Cambridge (United Kingdom) : Cambridge University Press, 2011 . - 486p : ill.,couv.en coul ; 13.8x21.5cm. - (Cambridge Library Collection) . ISBN : 978-1-108-03345-9 Langues : Anglais Catégories : LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:427 Historical geographical Mots-clés : American History  General Interest  Social and Population History  Historical Geography  History  Early Republic and Antebellum History  North American History Résumé : his historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1842. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAP. XXXVI. Journey from Augusta to Charleston by railroad--Alligators and vultures--Unhealthiness of the rice-grounds--Ghastly complexions of the whites--Practice of eating a sweet kind of clay--Arrival at Charleston--Sudden street-duel--Affrays and murders in Southern States--Effects produced by the system of Slavery--Picture of the present distress in Mississippi--Jefferson's opinion of the examples of Slavery--Dread of Abolition--Resemblance of the Battery of Charleston to that of New York--Episcopal churches--Excursion in the Neptune to Sullivan's Island--Temperance meeting--" God save the King," by an American choir--Commercial convention--New military guardhouse--Insurrection of the slaves--Difficulties in the way of immediate emancipation--The trinket-worm--Handwriting of the Southern ladies--Fireflies from Havannah. On Saturday, the 25th of May, we left Augusta at five in the morning, and crossing over the Savannah river by the bridge, we got into the railroad cars at the village of Hamburgh, and started on our journey to Charleston at six o'clock. This railroad was originally laid across all the hollow and swampy parts of the way on the ends of perpendicular posts; and in many places these rose to a height of twenty feet above the lower level; so that a turn off the road by the engine and cars would have been fatal to all embarked in them; and even the looking over on each side affected the passengers disagreeably. It was found, indeed, to be so objectionable, that for the last year a number of men have been employed filling up these hollows, and the work is now nearly USE OF THE PUNKAH. 549 complete. This has occasioned, however, so much outlay of expense, that the State Legislature has passed an act authorizing the directors of the railroad to raise...

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The Slave States of America / James Silk Buckingham

Public ISBD Titre : The Slave States of America : volume 2 Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : James Silk Buckingham, Auteur Editeur : Cambridge [United Kingdom] : Cambridge University Press Année de publication : 2011 Collection : Cambridge Library Collection Importance : 588p Présentation : ill.,couv.en coul Format : 13.8x21.5cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-108-03346-6 Langues : Anglais Catégories : LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:427 Historical geographical Mots-clés : American  History  General Interest  Social and Population History  Historical Geography  Early Republic  and Antebellum History. Résumé : he Cornish-born traveller and writer James Silk Buckingham (1786-1855) campaigned energetically for social reform while a Member of Parliament during the 1830s. He later spent four years in the United States, and in 1839 travelled across the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, and Alabama to observe at first hand the inhumane treatment of slaves in a system that showed 'reckless indifference to human life'. Originally published in 1842, and dedicated to Prince Albert, this two-volume work documents Buckingham's findings and argues that the USA should follow Britain's example in abolishing slavery. Within the framework of a travel narrative recording climate, geography, flora and fauna, Buckingham describes the use of slaves in industries as diverse as gold mining, cotton manufacturing, railways, canals, and agriculture. He highlights the social and political issues surrounding free labour, and relations between the slaves and their employers. Volume 2 focuses mainly on Georgia and Virginia. The Slave States of America : volume 2 [texte imprimé] / James Silk Buckingham, Auteur . - Cambridge (United Kingdom) : Cambridge University Press, 2011 . - 588p : ill.,couv.en coul ; 13.8x21.5cm. - (Cambridge Library Collection) . ISBN : 978-1-108-03346-6 Langues : Anglais Catégories : LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:427 Historical geographical Mots-clés : American  History  General Interest  Social and Population History  Historical Geography  Early Republic  and Antebellum History. Résumé : he Cornish-born traveller and writer James Silk Buckingham (1786-1855) campaigned energetically for social reform while a Member of Parliament during the 1830s. He later spent four years in the United States, and in 1839 travelled across the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, and Alabama to observe at first hand the inhumane treatment of slaves in a system that showed 'reckless indifference to human life'. Originally published in 1842, and dedicated to Prince Albert, this two-volume work documents Buckingham's findings and argues that the USA should follow Britain's example in abolishing slavery. Within the framework of a travel narrative recording climate, geography, flora and fauna, Buckingham describes the use of slaves in industries as diverse as gold mining, cotton manufacturing, railways, canals, and agriculture. He highlights the social and political issues surrounding free labour, and relations between the slaves and their employers. Volume 2 focuses mainly on Georgia and Virginia.

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