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Language is a category of books dealing with the study and use of human communication systems.
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The book traces the origins, transformations, and migrations of philosophical terms across the history of Western thought.
On Recent German Literature is a collection of literary criticism published by Johann Gottfried Herder in 1768, during…
Herder's Works is a collection of writings by Johann Gottfried Herder, first published in 1991, spanning philosophy, linguistics,…
Herder argues that language is a natural outgrowth of the human mind, rooted in reflective capacity.
De orthographia bohemica is a Latin-language work composed between 1406 and 1412, attributed to Jan Hus.
This collected edition brings together poetry and prose by eighteenth-century Russian polymath Mikhail Lomonosov during his lifetime.
Unknown Language is a 2020 English-language book examining the theology of Hildegard of Bingen, the twelfth-century Benedictine abbess,…
The Philosophy of Style is an essay by Herbert Spencer that seeks to establish a scientific foundation for…
The book chronicles Lee Kuan Yew's determination to master Mandarin despite not growing up speaking it as his…
The material labeled as 'Part 2' and 'Part 8' consists of entries from an alphabetical encyclopedia or reference…
On Invention is a treatise on rhetoric written by the Roman statesman and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero.
Derrida begins by asking 'What is a foreigner?' and argues that the foreigner is defined primarily by language,…
Bentham establishes the fundamental distinction between real and fictitious entities, arguing that fictions are indispensable for thought and…
Wittgenstein's dictionary teaches children spelling and meaning by grouping words into semantic fields, revealing language as interconnected.
This dictionary maps the living speech of everyday Egypt for European travelers and merchants.
