A Comparative Grammar of the Sanscrit, Zend, Greek, Latin, Lithuanian, Gothic, German, and Sclavonic Languages

The first translation of Bopp's magisterial grammar, a milestone in the development of comparative philology and Indo-European linguistics.

Franz Bopp (Author), H.H. Wilson (Edited by), Edward B. Eastwick (Translated by)

9781108006217, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 11 February 2010

480 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.7 cm, 0.61 kg

A founding text of comparative philology, Franz Bopp's Vergleichende Grammatik was originally published in parts, beginning in 1833, and by the 1870s had appeared in three editions in German, as well as in English and French translations. Bopp (1791–1867), Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Grammar at Berlin, set out to prove the relationships between Indo-European languages through detailed description of the grammatical features of Sanskrit compared to those of Zend (Avestan), Greek, Latin, Lithuanian, Gothic and German. This translation (1845–50) of Bopp's first edition gave English-speaking scholars access to his important findings. Translated by Edward Backhouse Eastwick (1814–1883), the multi-lingual diplomat and scholar, and edited by Horace Hayman Wilson (1786–1860), Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford, this work testifies both to Bopp's magisterial research and to Eastwick's extraordinary skill in translation. This volume covers phonology, nominal inflection, adjectives and numerals.

Preface 1
Preface 2
1. Characters and sounds
2. Of the roots
3. Formation of cases
4. Adjectives
5. Numerals.

Subject Areas: Linguistics [CF]