Language and the study of language: twelve lectures on the principles of linguistic science ... fourth edition augmented by an analysis
by Whitney, William Dwight
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London: Trübner & Co, 1884. 8vo, pp. [2], xi, [1], 504; a very good copy in original terracotta cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Whitney was the esteemed American professor of Sanskrit at Yale, professor of modern languages there, and compiler of The Century Dictionary.
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- Language and the study of language: twelve lectures on the principles of linguistic science ... fourth edition augmented by an analysis
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- Whitney, William Dwight
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- Used
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- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Trübner & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1884
- Keywords
- Philology , English Language , ,
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