Grammatical Proof of the Affinity of the Hungarian Language with Languages of Fennic Origin

Sámuel Gyarmathi

John Benjamins Publishing, Jan 1, 1983 - Foreign Language Study - 327 pages

Samuel Gyarmathi s "Affinitas linguae hungaricae cum linguis fennicae originis grammatice demonstrata" (Gottingen 1799) was received as a distinguished work of scholarship in its own days, and its historical importance has been fully recognized ever since. This volume provides an English translation of the entire Latin text, including the Latin glosses of the original (with the exception of zoological and botanical terms, and a few passages where specific reference is made to Latin grammar). This translation includes two additions to the text of "Affinitas" as reprinted in the Indiana University series: Appendix III, a letter to Gyarmathi by A. L. von Schotzler, and a number of notes in the author s own hand, found in his copy of the work (now held in the Library of the Lycee of Zal?u). The translator s Preface provides an introduction to the work and an overview of Gyarmathi s life.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Grammatical Proof of the Affinity of the Hungarian Language with Languages of Fennic Origin; Volume 15 of Amsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800-1925 Series; Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science: Amsterdam classics in linguistics, 1800-1925
• Author: Sámuel Gyarmathi
• Editor: Victor Egon Hanzeli
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing, 1983
• ISBN: 9027209766, 9789027209764
• Length: 327 pages
• Subjects: Foreign Language Study / Hungarian