Sir William Jones, the father of modern linguistics /
Garland Cannon.
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1990.
xix, 409 pages :
portrait ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-390) and index.
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.
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Asianists-- Great Britain, Biography.
Oriental languages-- Study and teaching-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.
Philologists-- Great Britain, Biography.
Sanskritists-- Great Britain, Biography.
Linguistics.
Spécialistes en études asiatiques-- Grande-Bretagne, Biographies.
Asianists.
Middle East specialists-- Great Britain-- 18th century, Biography.