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SSC English Literature QUESTION #10699
Question 1
Who was the principal contributor to the development of the linguistic (historical/comparative) period in language study?
  • Bartlett
  • Piaget
  • Hermann Paul✔️
  • Chomsky
Correct Answer Explanation
Hermann Paul (1846–1921) was a leading figure of the Neogrammarian school, which dominated 19th-century historical-comparative linguistics. His major work Principien der Sprachgeschichte (Principles of Language History, 1880) systematised the study of language change. Chomsky belongs to the generative/transformational period; Piaget to cognitive development; Bartlett to memory psychology.