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100 1 _aLatham, R. G.
_q(Robert Gordon),
_d1812-1888
245 1 0 _aOpuscula: Essays chiefly Philological and Ethnographical
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2015
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2015-01-25
505 0 _aPædeutica -- Logica -- Grammatica -- Metrica -- Chronologica -- Bibliographica -- Geographica -- Ethnologica.
508 _aProduced by Colin Bell, Simon Gardner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"Opuscula: Essays chiefly Philological and Ethnographical" by R. G. Latham is a collection of essays focused on language studies and ethnography, written in the mid-19th century. The work primarily includes papers presented before the Philological Society of London, covering a variety of topics related to philology, linguistics, and cultural anthropology. Latham’s aim is to explore specific questions within these fields, addressing obscure points of interest that contribute to a broader understanding of language and culture. The opening of the volume sets the stage for Latham’s exploration of the significance of language studies as part of a liberal education. He emphasizes the importance of understanding one's native language in its entirety and valuing the literature it produces. By exploring definitions, rules of rhetoric, and the influences of different languages and cultures, Latham aims to provide a framework for appreciating the complexity and evolution of English as a mixed language, detailing its connections with various linguistic roots while underscoring the necessity for clear communication and critical thinking in both writing and the study of languages. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aEthnology
653 _aLanguage and languages
653 _aComparative linguistics
653 _aDutch language -- Dialects -- Bibliography
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48079
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