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Wilhelm Geiger (1856-1943): His Contributions in the Corpus of Philology

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  • Ahmad Yunus Mohd Noor

    (Senior Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Islam Hadhari & Associate Professor at the Research Centre for Theology & Philosophy, Faculty of Islamic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.)

  • Asmilyia Mohd Mokhta

    (Postgraduate student at the Faculty of Major Language Studies, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia.)

Abstract

Philology is the study of the history of language including the historical study of literary texts. It is also intersections between literary criticism, history, and linguistics. This study will be conducted on an orientalist who is a philologist, Wilhelm Geiger (21 July 1856-2 September 1943). Wilhelm Geiger was a German scholar of Iranian and Indian. He also was known as specialist in Pali, Sinhala Language, and the Dhihevi Language of the Maldives. For Wilhelm, language means to explore the religion, history, and civilization of a people. Therefore, the objective of this study is to identify the methodology and the approach of philology by Wilhelm Geiger as well as to identify the contribution of Wilhelm Geiger in this field. This study will be in the form of qualitative using facts, articles review, and also analyze the contribution of Wilhelm Geiger in the corpus of philology. The finding shows that Wilhelm Geiger has contributed much in the corpus of philology, especially in Indo-Iranian languages and the history of Iran and Sri Lanka. He is especially well known for his work on the Sri Lanka chronicles which he made critical editions of the Pali text and English translations. Geiger’s contribution not only gives limited interest to philological and historical subjects.

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  • Ahmad Yunus Mohd Noor & Asmilyia Mohd Mokhta, 2024. "Wilhelm Geiger (1856-1943): His Contributions in the Corpus of Philology," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 8(10), pages 3156-3165, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:8:y:2024:i:10:p:3156-3165
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