The Life and Growth of Language:
AN OUTLINE OF LINGUISTIC SCIENCE.
By WILLIAM DWIGHT WHITNEY,
Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology in Yale College.
1 vol., 12mo. Cloth. Price, $1.50.
“Prof. Whitney is to be commended for giving to the public the results of his ripe scholarship and unusually profound researches in simple language. He draws illustrations and examples of the principles which he wishes to impact, from common life and the words in frequent use.
“The topics discussed in this volume are, for the most part, those which have been already treated by other writers on philology, and even by the author himself, in his volume on ‘Language, and the Study of Language,’ published a few years ago, and, though many of the truths here set forth are those with which students in the same line of investigation are generally familiar, all will rejoice to see them restated in such a fresh and simple way.
“This work, while valuable to scholars, will be interesting to every one.”—The Churchman.
“This work is an important contribution to a science which has advanced steadily under conditions that appear constantly to throw an increasing light on difficult questions, and at each step clear the way for further discoveries.”—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
“Prof. Whitney is undoubtedly one of the foremost of English-speaking philologists, and occupies an enviable position in the wider circle of European students of language.