Ce livre est un cours de linguistique donné par Max Müller à l'Institution Royale de la Grande-Bretagne en 1863, axé sur la phonétique et l'étymologie. Le livre comprend également une notice sur la vie et les ouvrages de Max Müller, célèbre linguiste et philologue allemand. Il s'agit d'un ouvrage clé dans l'histoire de la linguistique moderne et de la philologie germanique.

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