History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences

Podcast episode 5: Comparativism in the mid-19th century – August Schleicher and materialism


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In this episode, we look at the expansion of comparative-historical linguistics around the middle of the nineteenth century. We focus in particular on the figure of August Schleicher, the great consolidator of the field, and his “materialist” philosophy of science.…Read more ›
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History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesBy James McElvenny

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