Miscellaneous Papers Relating To American Indian Languages Classic Reprint

Author : Hermann E. Ludewig
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265162002
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Literature of American Aboriginal Languages (Classic Reprint) written by Hermann E. Ludewig and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Literature of American Aboriginal Languages Ethnologists now understand how to appreciate the high importance of language as one of the most interesting links of the great chain of national affinities and the reciprocity exist ing between man, the soil he lives upon, and the language he speaks, will become better understood the more our knowledge of these interesting topics is extended. Comparative philology has begun to be established upon solid scientific foundations; and the recent endeavours to establish finally a uniform system of linguistic orthography will, when generally received, give a new and important impetus to that study, which must lead to most interesting results. In such a state of progress, new literary guides are constantly required; and one of them, embracing the aboriginal languages of our great western continent, is hereby offered to those who take an interest in American linguistics. From the discovery of our continent, the languages of the American Indians have always been, as they are still, an object of high interest to missionary labour; and wherever the atten tion of the scientific world has been drawn to them, it was by the results of the exertions of these men, who, inspired by religious ardour, went out to teach the heathens, and, in their zeal for Christianity, soon learned to master the diversity of tongues. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.