Linguistic Science in the Nineteenth Century

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“Professor Pedersen possesses the happy faculty of setting forth the most complicated subjects in a clear, precise, and easily comprehensible manner. From what is apparently the driest material imaginable he manages to extract great interest through the cultural and historical point of view from which all his investigation starts… The style is lively, varied, full of living pictures, often of striking effect… The work will contribute to Professor Pedersen’s renown as one of the leaders of his science; it shows him as a distinguished teacher and as an author full of temperament. It will be a splendid guide.”—Kristoffer Nyrop, Politikens Kronik

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