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    Berkeley : University of California Press
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    gbv_646921592
    Format: Online-Ressource (xv, 304 p) , ill., maps
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    ISBN: 9780520244559 , 0520244559
    Content: British rule of India brought together two very different traditions of scholarship about language, whose conjuncture led to several intellectual breakthroughs of lasting value. Two of these were especially important: the conceptualization of the Indo-European language family by Sir William Jones at Calcutta in 1786-proposing that Sanskrit is related to Persian and languages of Europe-and the conceptualization of the Dravidian language family of South India by F.W. Ellis at Madras in 1816-the "Dravidian proof," showing that the languages of South India are related to one another but are not de
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , 0-520-24455-9-frontcover.pdf; 0-520-24455-9-text.pdf; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; 1 Explosion in the Grammar Factory; 2 Pânini and Tolkappiyar; 3 Ellis and His Circle; 4 The College; 5 The Dravidian Proof; 6 Legacies; 7 Conclusions; Appendix A. The Legend of the Cow-Pox; Appendix B. The Dravidian Proof; Bibliography; Index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780520244559
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Languages and Nations : The Dravidian Proof in Colonial Madras
    Language: English
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