ANT102H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Divine Language, Hooj Choons, Vocative Case
16 Nov 2018
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Grammar and logic has been discussed since time of plato and aristotle. Greek and latin has shaped our ideas about nature of language. Latin was popular in western europe until renaissance and beyond. Men no little or nothing about language of africa , asian and unexplored region of world. Latin was intensive study subject both practical and in terms of literature. International scholars were more interested in greek in subjects of philosophy and religion. In 16th century english came into existence and was deemed as worthy of study. Even in present day some of the words form the ancient languages are still in use. Example : genitive , ablative , vocative. By end of 17th century explorers , traders , missionaries had visited 6 of 7 continents. There was a wave of intellectual curiosity during 17-18th century. Growing interest in civilization and cultures of world. 19th century , scholarship was devoted to classical languages of asia.
