Essays on Language: Edited by T. Harden and D. Farrelly

About this book

This set of lectures on language delivered at the Berlin Academy between 1820 and 1829, will give the reader a comprehensive overview of Humboldt's conceptual development. Originally designed for the general though interested public these essays are generally deemed to be more digestible than the famous Kawi-Introduction and will thus facilitate the access to the ideas of this outstanding scholar.