A Grammar of the Persian Language
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A Grammar of the Persian Language is an influential 18th-century linguistic work that systematically describes Persian grammar and helped introduce Persian studies to European scholarship.
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| A Grammar of the Persian Language canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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grammar ⓘ linguistic work ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
introduce Persian to European scholars
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systematically describe Persian grammar ⓘ |
| audience |
European scholars
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students of Oriental languages ⓘ |
| author | William Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation | Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | standardization of Persian grammatical description in Europe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describes |
Persian orthography
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morphology of Persian ⓘ phonology of Persian ⓘ syntax of Persian ⓘ |
| field |
Iranian studies
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linguistics ⓘ philology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Classical Persian
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literary Persian ⓘ |
| genre | grammar handbook ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
European Persian studies
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Orientalist scholarship ⓘ comparative linguistics in Europe ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the earliest comprehensive Persian grammars in a European language ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in establishing Persian as a subject of academic study in Europe
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systematic organization of Persian grammar ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| studies |
Persian nominal system
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Persian particles ⓘ Persian pronouns ⓘ Persian verb system ⓘ |
| subject |
Persian grammar
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Persian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | pre-modern Persian ⓘ |
| usedAs |
reference work for Persian
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teaching manual for Persian ⓘ |
| usedIn | European universities ⓘ |
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