Author : Rudolf Westphal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108061397
Total Pages : 817 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (8 download)
Book Synopsis Vergleichende Grammatik Der Indogermanischen Sprachen by : Rudolf Westphal
Download or read book Vergleichende Grammatik Der Indogermanischen Sprachen written by Rudolf Westphal and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 817 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best remembered for his contribution to the study of Greek music and metre, the German classical philologist Rudolf Westphal (1826─92) had originally studied theology at the University of Marburg before turning his attention to comparative linguistics. He learnt Sanskrit and Arabic and took a keen interest in the Indo-Germanic (Indo-European) languages as well as Semitic grammar. In the late 1850s and early 1860s he joined his friend and fellow classical philologist August Rossbach (1823-98) at the University of Breslau (Wrocław) and later taught at Moscow's Imperial Lyceum. In this work, first published in 1873, Westphal provides the reader with an overview of the Indo-European languages and their sounds. He then gives an extensive account of Indo-European verbs by focusing on the roots derived from Latin and Sanskrit.