Edition Project: The Linguistic Works of Wilhelm von Humboldt

„Das Studium der Sprachen des Erdbodens ist also die Weltgeschichte der Gedanken und Empfindungen der Menschheit. Sie schildert den Menschen unter allen Zonen, und in allen Stufen seiner Cultur; in ihr darf nichts fehlen, weil alles, was den Menschen betrift, den Menschen gleich nahe angeht.“ (Wilhelm von Humboldt, Gesammelte Schriften, VII, S. 602f.)

The mission of the project is the creation of an historical-critical edition of the linguistic writings of Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835). The edition will include Humboldt’s non- linguistic texts dealing with anthropological, aesthetic, literary, and philosophical issues which form the basis for his linguistic work and will also contain his scholarly correspondence as it illuminates and supplements his linguistic work.

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