The German master of philosophy--Ernest Cassirer＇s theory of language that covered most aspects ranged from sounds to forms was predominately related to his study of Indo-European languages. Whereas his fruitful rese...The German master of philosophy--Ernest Cassirer＇s theory of language that covered most aspects ranged from sounds to forms was predominately related to his study of Indo-European languages. Whereas his fruitful researches are applicable to Chinese, though they were not clearly mentioned in his works as well as to its western counterparts. The essay thus is carried out around the major linguistic aspects--phonetics, formation of words and syntax to detect the applicability of Cassirer＇s theory to the early development of Chinese.展开更多
文摘The German master of philosophy--Ernest Cassirer＇s theory of language that covered most aspects ranged from sounds to forms was predominately related to his study of Indo-European languages. Whereas his fruitful researches are applicable to Chinese, though they were not clearly mentioned in his works as well as to its western counterparts. The essay thus is carried out around the major linguistic aspects--phonetics, formation of words and syntax to detect the applicability of Cassirer＇s theory to the early development of Chinese.
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