When1: 1791
When2: 1828
Who: Wilhelm von Humboldt [Humboldt, Wilhelm von]
What: linguist
Where: Germany
works\ Limits of State Action [1791]; Researches into the Early Inhabitants of Spain by the Help of the Basque Language [1821]; On the Dual [1828]; Heterogeneity of Language and its Influence on the Intellectual Development of Mankind [1828]
Detail: He lived 1767 to 1835, wrote about ethics, and studied language types. The three structural-language types differ in morphology and syntax. Sanskrit is syntactically more complex than modern languages.
Politics
States should ensure property and lives.
Social Sciences>Linguistics>History>Grammar
Outline of Knowledge Database Home Page
Description of Outline of Knowledge Database
Date Modified: 2022.0224