The life and mind of Oriental Jones: Sir William Jones, the father of modern linguistics

By Garland Cannon

Book Overview

Sir William Jones (1746-1794) is best known for his famous Third Discourse of 1786 in which he proposed that Sanskrit's affinity to Greek and Latin could be explained by positing a common, earlier... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521391490
• ISBN13: 9780521391498
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"