The life and mind of Oriental Jones: Sir William Jones, the father of modern linguistics
Sir William Jones is best known for his famous Third Discourse of 1786 in which he proposed that Sanskrit's affinity to Greek and Latin could be explained by positing a common, earlier source, one known today as Indo-European. This brilliant thesis of language families laid the groundwork for m...
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| Summary: | Sir William Jones is best known for his famous Third Discourse of 1786 in which he proposed that Sanskrit's affinity to Greek and Latin could be explained by positing a common, earlier source, one known today as Indo-European. This brilliant thesis of language families laid the groundwork for modern comparative linguistics. Jones's interests and achievements, however, ranged far beyond language. He studied and made contributions to astronomy, botany, history, law, literature, music, physiology, politics, and religion. He served as a Supreme Court justice in India and founded the Asiatic Society, which stimulated worldwide interest in India and the Orient. He was friends with many of the leading intellectuals of his day and corresponded with Benjamin Franklin in America and with Burke, Gibbon, Johnson, Percy, and Reynolds in Britain. In his short life he mastered so many languages that even in his own time he was regarded as a phenomenon; and so he was. Garland Cannon, editor of The Letters of Sir William Jones, has written a new definitive biography of this fascinating man, who in his life and works teaches us that the path to understanding and appreciating the art and literature of a great culture very different from our own is through devoted study, a tolerant spirit, and an unquenchably curious mind |
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| spelling | Cannon, Garland Hampton 1924- Verfasser aut The life and mind of Oriental Jones Sir William Jones, the father of modern linguistics Garland Cannon The Life & Mind of Oriental Jones Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1990 1 online resource (409 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) A barbaric Oriental conqueror (to 1770) -- Delicate Arab maidens and liquid ruby (1770-1772) -- Persian Jones and constitutional law (1772-1777) -- The Athenian and Eleutherion (1778-1780) -- An ass laden with gold (1780) -- Politics: writings and activism (1780-1782) -- James River property (1782-1783) -- A vision in the Indian Ocean (1783-1785) -- A sacred Oriental language (1785) -- A genetic explanation: Indo-European (1786-1787) -- Sanskrit literary treasures (1787-1788) -- An Indian renaissance (1789) -- A burning tropical sun (1790-1791) -- Scholar-martyr (1791-1794) -- Jones today Sir William Jones is best known for his famous Third Discourse of 1786 in which he proposed that Sanskrit's affinity to Greek and Latin could be explained by positing a common, earlier source, one known today as Indo-European. This brilliant thesis of language families laid the groundwork for modern comparative linguistics. Jones's interests and achievements, however, ranged far beyond language. He studied and made contributions to astronomy, botany, history, law, literature, music, physiology, politics, and religion. He served as a Supreme Court justice in India and founded the Asiatic Society, which stimulated worldwide interest in India and the Orient. He was friends with many of the leading intellectuals of his day and corresponded with Benjamin Franklin in America and with Burke, Gibbon, Johnson, Percy, and Reynolds in Britain. In his short life he mastered so many languages that even in his own time he was regarded as a phenomenon; and so he was. Garland Cannon, editor of The Letters of Sir William Jones, has written a new definitive biography of this fascinating man, who in his life and works teaches us that the path to understanding and appreciating the art and literature of a great culture very different from our own is through devoted study, a tolerant spirit, and an unquenchably curious mind Jones, William / 1746-1794 Jones, William 1746-1794 (DE-588)11877638X gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1700-1800 Geschichte 1786-1794 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte Oriental languages / Study and teaching / Great Britain / History / 18th century Asianists / Great Britain / Biography Sanskritists / Great Britain / Biography Philologists / Great Britain / Biography Indogermanistik (DE-588)4161557-8 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte (DE-588)4020517-4 gnd rswk-swf Orientalistik (DE-588)4172819-1 gnd rswk-swf Großbritannien (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content Indogermanistik (DE-588)4161557-8 s Geschichte 1786-1794 z 1\p DE-604 Orientalistik (DE-588)4172819-1 s Geschichte (DE-588)4020517-4 s 2\p DE-604 Jones, William 1746-1794 (DE-588)11877638X p 3\p DE-604 Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe 978-0-521-02526-3 Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe 978-0-521-39149-8 https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511527142 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 3\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
| spellingShingle | Cannon, Garland Hampton 1924- The life and mind of Oriental Jones Sir William Jones, the father of modern linguistics A barbaric Oriental conqueror (to 1770) -- Delicate Arab maidens and liquid ruby (1770-1772) -- Persian Jones and constitutional law (1772-1777) -- The Athenian and Eleutherion (1778-1780) -- An ass laden with gold (1780) -- Politics: writings and activism (1780-1782) -- James River property (1782-1783) -- A vision in the Indian Ocean (1783-1785) -- A sacred Oriental language (1785) -- A genetic explanation: Indo-European (1786-1787) -- Sanskrit literary treasures (1787-1788) -- An Indian renaissance (1789) -- A burning tropical sun (1790-1791) -- Scholar-martyr (1791-1794) -- Jones today Jones, William / 1746-1794 Jones, William 1746-1794 (DE-588)11877638X gnd Geschichte Oriental languages / Study and teaching / Great Britain / History / 18th century Asianists / Great Britain / Biography Sanskritists / Great Britain / Biography Philologists / Great Britain / Biography Indogermanistik (DE-588)4161557-8 gnd Geschichte (DE-588)4020517-4 gnd Orientalistik (DE-588)4172819-1 gnd |
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| title | The life and mind of Oriental Jones Sir William Jones, the father of modern linguistics |
| title_alt | The Life & Mind of Oriental Jones |
| title_auth | The life and mind of Oriental Jones Sir William Jones, the father of modern linguistics |
| title_exact_search | The life and mind of Oriental Jones Sir William Jones, the father of modern linguistics |
| title_full | The life and mind of Oriental Jones Sir William Jones, the father of modern linguistics Garland Cannon |
| title_fullStr | The life and mind of Oriental Jones Sir William Jones, the father of modern linguistics Garland Cannon |
| title_full_unstemmed | The life and mind of Oriental Jones Sir William Jones, the father of modern linguistics Garland Cannon |
| title_short | The life and mind of Oriental Jones |
| title_sort | the life and mind of oriental jones sir william jones the father of modern linguistics |
| title_sub | Sir William Jones, the father of modern linguistics |
| topic | Jones, William / 1746-1794 Jones, William 1746-1794 (DE-588)11877638X gnd Geschichte Oriental languages / Study and teaching / Great Britain / History / 18th century Asianists / Great Britain / Biography Sanskritists / Great Britain / Biography Philologists / Great Britain / Biography Indogermanistik (DE-588)4161557-8 gnd Geschichte (DE-588)4020517-4 gnd Orientalistik (DE-588)4172819-1 gnd |
| topic_facet | Jones, William / 1746-1794 Jones, William 1746-1794 Geschichte Oriental languages / Study and teaching / Great Britain / History / 18th century Asianists / Great Britain / Biography Sanskritists / Great Britain / Biography Philologists / Great Britain / Biography Indogermanistik Orientalistik Großbritannien Biografie |
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