Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues

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Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues is a seminal linguistic-philosophical work by Wilhelm von Humboldt that explores the diversity of human language structures and their relation to thought and culture.

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On the Diversity of Human Language Structure 1
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instanceOf book ⓘ
linguistic work ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
associatedConcept inner form of language ⓘ
language as activity (energeia) rather than product (ergon) ⓘ
linguistic world-view ⓘ
author Wilhelm von Humboldt ⓘ
centralClaim each language embodies a distinct world-view ⓘ
language is a formative organ of thought ⓘ
languages differ essentially in their inner form, not only in vocabulary ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
discusses classification of languages by structural type ⓘ
interdependence of language and world-view ⓘ
role of language in shaping cognition ⓘ
fieldOfStudy anthropology ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
philosophy of mind ⓘ
genre linguistics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
hasPart comparative analysis of different language families ⓘ
theoretical reflections on language form ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
impact contributed to the development of comparative linguistics ⓘ
helped establish language as a central topic in German philosophy ⓘ
influenced modern views on language and culture interrelation ⓘ
influenced 20th-century linguistic relativity debates ⓘ
Edward Sapir ⓘ
surface form: Benjamin Lee Whorf

Edward Sapir ⓘ
Franz Boas ⓘ
influencedBy German idealism ⓘ
surface form: German Idealism

Immanuel Kant ⓘ
intendedAudience scholars of language and philosophy ⓘ
language German ⓘ
mainTopic diversity of human language structures ⓘ
linguistic typology ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
relationship between language and culture ⓘ
relationship between language and thought ⓘ
notableFor foundational contribution to linguistic typology ⓘ
influence on later theories of linguistic relativity ⓘ
philosophicalPerspective humanism ⓘ
idealism ⓘ
titleTranslation Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: On the Diversity of Human Language Construction

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Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues → titleTranslation → Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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