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Humboldtian, a.|hʊmˈbəʊltɪən| [f. name of K. Wilhelm von Humboldt, German philologist (1767–1835) + -ian.] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Humboldt or his work.
1901H. Oertel Lect. Study of Lang. i. 45 Entirely Humboldtian in conception is James Byrne's General Principles of the Structure of Language (1885). 1907E. Sapir in Mod. Philology V. i. 141 Steinthal, himself an enthusiastic follower and developer of Humboldtian views, most emphatically denies any indebtedness on Humboldt's part to Herder. 1964R. H. Robins Gen. Ling. viii. 335 Within typological comparison, the Humboldtian tripartite division, properly understood, may be said to be a more significant system of classification than some others. 1965N. Chomsky Aspects of Theory of Syntax 199 It seems to me that ‘deep structure’ and ‘surface structure’, in the sense in which these terms will be used here, do correspond quite closely to Humboldtian ‘inner form’ and ‘outer form’. 1967R. L. Brown tr. W. von Humboldt's Conception Ling. Relativity 15 Boas also came under Humboldtian influence in another way. |