On The Eveof Modern Times.docVIP

On The Eve of Modern Times Time period: the late 17th century and 18th century, two influences on the development of linguistics. From within the Europe: reconciliation of Christian cosmology by contemporary scientists. From the outer world, specifically India: making a sharp and immediate impact and bringing about irreversible changes in the whole subject ,more especially in historical linguistics. Interest in the origin of language: The Prussian Academy offered a prize in 1769 for an essay answering the questions concerning the origin of human language. (Herder solved the pr