Linguistics and Evolutionary Theory
Three Essays
New edition
Introduction by
Contains:
The Darwinian Theory and the Science of language (1863) by August Schleicher, translated from the German by Alexander V. W. Bikkers.
On the Significance of Language for the Natural History of Man (1865) by August Schleicher, translated from the German by J. Peter Maher.
On the Origin of Language (1867) by Wilhelm H. I. Bleek, edited with a preface by Ernst Haeckel, translated from the German by Thomas Davidson.
The Darwinian Theory and the Science of language (1863) by August Schleicher, translated from the German by Alexander V. W. Bikkers.
On the Significance of Language for the Natural History of Man (1865) by August Schleicher, translated from the German by J. Peter Maher.
On the Origin of Language (1867) by Wilhelm H. I. Bleek, edited with a preface by Ernst Haeckel, translated from the German by Thomas Davidson.
[Amsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800–1925, 6] 1983. xlvi, 84, 78 pp. (altog. 210 pp.).
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 3 October 2011
Published online on 3 October 2011
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements | pp. v–vii
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Editor's Foreword | pp. ix–xvi
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IntroductionJ. Peter Maher | p. xvii
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Linguistics and Evolution Theory: A select bibliography | pp. xxxiii–xliv
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ReferencesE.F.K. Koerner | p. xli
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Linguistics and Evolutionary Theory: Three Essays
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1. The Darwinian Theory and the Science of Language (1863) by August SchleicherAlexander V.W. Bikkers | p. 1
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2. On the Significance of Language for the Natural History of Man (1865) by August SchleicherJ. Peter Maher | p. 73
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3. On the Origin of Language (1867) by Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel Bleek, edited with a preface by Ernst HaeckelThomas Davidson | p. [83]
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Appendix: Dr. Bleek and the Simious Theory of Language by William Dwight Whitney (1872) | pp. [157]–[164]
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