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Languages and nations : the Dravidian proof in colonial Madras /
British rule of India brought together two very different traditions of scholarship about language, whose conjuncture led to several intellectual breakthroughs of lasting value. Two of these were especially important: the conceptualization of the Indo-European language family by Sir William Jones at...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2006.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | British rule of India brought together two very different traditions of scholarship about language, whose conjuncture led to several intellectual breakthroughs of lasting value. Two of these were especially important: the conceptualization of the Indo-European language family by Sir William Jones at Calcutta in 1786-proposing that Sanskrit is related to Persian and languages of Europe-and the conceptualization of the Dravidian language family of South India by F.W. Ellis at Madras in 1816-the ""Dravidian proof, "" showing that the languages of South India are related to one another but are not |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 304 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-298) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520931909 0520931904 142941376X 9781429413763 |