Introduction: Collecting Languages in the Long Nineteenth Century


SÖNMEZ M. J. M.

Nineteenth Century Prose, cilt.51, sa.1-2, 2024 (AHCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 51 Sayı: 1-2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Dergi Adı: Nineteenth Century Prose
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, Periodicals Index Online, MLA - Modern Language Association Database
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The long nineteenth century saw both collecting and interest in languages take scientific turns, and it also saw important changes in perceptions about countries and the language communities living witbin them. This introductory essay provides a brief account of these cultural changes, showing how language collecting was situated at their intersection. The language collectors who are the subjects of the seven essays that will follow are introduced within tbis overview of scientific collecting and linguistic nationalisms.