Among western linguists in the 19th century, Humboldt was a unique figure  He is in the era when historical comparative methods dominate the study of language, but he is not limited by historical tendency, but goes to the front of his contemporaries to explore the nature and function of language, the relationship between language and thinking and other issues of universal significance, thus laying the foundation for modern linguistics
Humboldt's original views have never been accepted
 Humboldt's creative views were not paid much attention to by linguistics circles in the mid-19th century