The Sanskrit Language (1786 discourse)
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The Sanskrit Language (1786 discourse) is Sir William Jones’s landmark 1786 address to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, in which he famously argued for a common origin of Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, and other languages, helping to found the field of comparative linguistics and Indo-European studies.
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| The Sanskrit Language (1786 discourse) canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
academic lecture
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historical document ⓘ scholarly discourse ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Jones’s 1786 discourse on the Sanskrit language
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Sir William Jones’s 1786 address to the Asiatic Society of Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audience | members of the Asiatic Society of Bengal ⓘ |
| author | Sir William Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryAtTimeOfDelivery | British India GENERATED ⓘ |
| date | 1786 ⓘ |
| deliveredAt | Asiatic Society of Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deliveredBy | Sir William Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discipline |
linguistics
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philology ⓘ |
| fieldFounded |
Indo-European studies
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comparative linguistics ⓘ |
| genre | learned society address ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
early formulation of the Indo-European language family hypothesis
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landmark in the study of language relationships ⓘ |
| impact |
helped establish the comparative method in linguistics
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stimulated European interest in Sanskrit studies ⓘ |
| influencedField |
Indology
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linguistics ⓘ philology ⓘ |
| keyIdea |
systematic comparison of vocabulary and grammar across languages
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use of linguistic evidence to infer common ancestry of languages ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | Calcutta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainClaim |
Sanskrit is related to Gothic and Celtic
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Sanskrit is related to Old Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanskrit, Greek, and Latin have a common origin ⓘ |
| mentionsLanguage |
Celtic
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Gothic NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek ⓘ Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | 18th century ⓘ |
| regionOfFocus | South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Indo-European language family
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historical-comparative method ⓘ language genealogy ⓘ |
| subject |
Indo-European languages
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Sanskrit language NERFINISHED ⓘ comparative linguistics ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| yearOfDelivery | 1786 ⓘ |
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