{"product_id":"uber-das-alter-und-die-echtheit-der-zendsprache-und-des-zend-avesta-und-herstellung-des-zend-alphabets-nebst-einer-ubersicht-des-gesammten-sprachstammes-paperback-9781108006613","title":"Über das Alter und die Echtheit der Zendsprache und des Zend-Avesta, und Herstellung des Zend-alphabets; Nebst einer Übersicht des gesammten Sprachstammes (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108006613","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eÜber das Alter und die Echtheit der Zendsprache und des Zend-Avesta, und Herstellung des Zend-alphabets\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNebst einer Übersicht des gesammten Sprachstammes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe earliest European analysis of Avestan phonology and morphology, compared with Sanskrit and other ancient Indo-European languages.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRasmus Rask (Author), Friedrich Heinrich Von der Hagen (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108006613, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 26 November 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e96 pages, 1 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.89 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRasmus Rask (1787–1832) was a Danish scholar who, having devoted the early part of his career to the Old Norse and Anglo-Saxon languages and literature, embarked upon a journey overland through Russia to India in search of  the cradle of the Indo-European languages. He was delighted to rediscover the Avestan Zoroastrian texts preserved by the Parsis which Anquetil du Perron had first reported on sixty years earlier, and further Avestan materials, as well as a lively Zoroastrian community. On his return, he published, first in Danish and then in this German translation (1826), a thorough phonological and morphological analysis which showed that, contrary to the opinion of Anquetil's opponents, the Avestan language and its religious texts were neither a dim folk memory or a deliberate coinage based on Sanskrit, but a very ancient language, originating in Persia, and an important member of the Indo-European language family.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e Über das Alter und die Echtheit der Zendsprache und des Zend-Avesta.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265915146520,"sku":"9781108006613","price":20.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108006613i_4b69ecaf-4489-43d2-a73e-d798347dffb5.jpg?v=1694867331","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/uber-das-alter-und-die-echtheit-der-zendsprache-und-des-zend-avesta-und-herstellung-des-zend-alphabets-nebst-einer-ubersicht-des-gesammten-sprachstammes-paperback-9781108006613","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}