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William Dwight Whitney

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William Dwight Whitney was an American linguist, philologist, and lexicographer known for his work on Sanskrit grammar and Vedic philology as well as his influential view of language as a social institution. He was the first president of the American Philological Association and editor-in-chief of The Century Dictionary.

Books

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Atlas
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Atlas
William Dwight Whitney
The Life And Growth Of Language
The Life And Growth Of Language
William Dwight Whitney
The Century Dictionary: The Century dictionary
The Century Dictionary: The Century dictionary
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith
The Century Dictionary: The Century dictionary
The Century Dictionary: The Century dictionary
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith
The Century Dictionary
The Century Dictionary
William Dwight Whitney
Essentials of English Grammar
Essentials of English Grammar
William Dwight Whitney
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith
The New Century Dictionary of the English Language
The New Century Dictionary of the English Language
William Dwight Whitney, Hulbert G. Emery, Katharine G. Brewster
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith
Roots Verb Forms and Primary Derivatives
Roots Verb Forms and Primary Derivatives
William Dwight Whitney
The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language
The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language
William Dwight Whitney
The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language
The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language
William Dwight Whitney
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century Cyclopedia of names
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century Cyclopedia of names
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith
Language, and the Study of Language
Language, and the Study of Language
William Dwight Whitney
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith
The Century Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 7
The Century Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 7
William Dwight Whitney
The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language
The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language
William Dwight Whitney
Oriental and Linguistic Studies: The East and West; religion and mythology; orthography and phonology; Hindu astronomy
Oriental and Linguistic Studies: The East and West; religion and mythology; orthography and phonology; Hindu astronomy
William Dwight Whitney
Oriental and Linguistic Studies: The East and West
Oriental and Linguistic Studies: The East and West
William Dwight Whitney

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