Home›Historical and Comparative Linguistics›Language(s) StudiedBrowse ByLanguage(s) StudiedLanguages studied names the specific languages a linguist built their research around. Wikipedia notes that Chomsky's 1957 work "played a major role in remodeling the study of language" itself, grounded in his close analysis of English sentence structure. This dimension lets a visitor find every linguist whose research centered on the same language.FactsLanguage(s) StudiedSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonCentury Of OriginWell-attested18 CE 1Language(s) StudiedFilter Results5 entriesRoleAllComparative Grammarian (3)Lexicographer (1)Linguist (general) (4)Philologist (4)EraAll1746 (2)1785 (1)1786 (1)1787 (1)1791 (1)1827 (1)1846 (1)1860 (1)1927 (1)NationalityAllDenmark (3)Germany (2)United Kingdom (2)United States (2)Influenced ByAllJacob Grimm (1)Rasmus Rask (1)Uriel Weinreich (1)SchoolAllHistorical-Comparative (2)Attested From (Year)All1500 BCE (1)75 BCE (1)450 (1)765 (1)1100 (1)Attested To (Year)All750 (1)Difficulty for an English SpeakerAllCategory II (1)Category IV (1)ISO 639-3 CodeAlldeu (1)eng (1)isl (1)lat (1)san (1)Speaker CountAll0 (2)390,000 (1)135,000,000 (1)1,500,000,000 (1)StatusAllClassical (No Native Speakers) (1)Liturgical / Learned Use Only (1)Living (3)ToneAllNot Tonal (2)Word OrderAllOther (1)SOV (2)SVO (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareEnglishLanguage(s) Studied2 entriesGermanLanguage(s) Studied3 entriesIcelandicLanguage(s) Studied1 entryLatinLanguage(s) Studied1 entrySanskritLanguage(s) Studied3 entriesSources1. Wikipedia: Historical LinguisticsWikimedia FoundationDevelopment sectionQuote, Development sectionModern historical linguistics dates to the late 18th century, having originally grown out of the earlier discipline of philology, the study of ancient texts and documents dating back to antiquity.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.