Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. In the closing of the 18th century the foundation of the science of Comparative Philology had been laid by the discovery of Sanskrit to the Europeans The science has been fully developed in course of less than two centuries and now it has been known that major European languages and Sanskrit along with the latters derivative languages belong to the same family called Indo-European or Indo-GermanicAs a corollary of this discovery it is believed that the English language belongs to the same stock with Sanskrit the eldest surviving sister in the Indo-European family It is very easy to believe is but very difficult to linguistically prove This harculean task has been performed by Dr BK Ray in his monumental work which is now being reprinted The erudition and scientific insight of Dr Ray is simply awe-inspiring He has not only traced the origin of various forms of English morphology?nouns and verbs but has traced the origin and development of each and every example to different stages of the word comparing them with a dozen other language forms and each case citing the cognates from Sanskrit Therefore though the subtitle of the work reads as "A Dissertation on the Origins of the English Language" it is in fact a very well written handbook for the study of the Comparative Indo-European Philology For the students of Sanskrit it is a linguistic study of their language 113 pp. Seller Inventory # 85429

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