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Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9781139023412
Series Statement:
Studies in English Language
Content:
The study of English language and literature in Britain changed dramatically between the end of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth. From Philology to English Studies explores the contribution of philology to this movement. Haruko Momma charts both the rise and fall of philology from antiquity to the late eighteenth century, and the impact of modern philology on the study of modern languages and literatures. Focusing in detail on the work of key philologists in the nineteenth century, Momma considers how they shaped European discourse and especially vernacular studies in Britain: William Jones's discovery of Sanskrit in British India gave rise to Indo-European studies; Max Müller's study of this same language helped spread the Aryan myth to the English-speaking world; the OED achieved its greatness as a post-national lexicon under the editorship of James Murray, a dialectologist originally from Scotland.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521518864
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. Momma, Haruko From philology to English studies Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2013 ISBN 9780521518864
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521518865
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107515611
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Anglistik
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Geschichte 1775-1925
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139023412
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