▁cod ified . ▁In flu ential ▁here ▁was ▁Sch ott el ius ' s ▁own ▁conception ▁of ▁High ▁German ▁as ▁a ▁language ▁trans c ending ▁the ▁many ▁dialect s , ▁and ▁as ▁currently ▁used ▁in ▁writing ▁by ▁' lear ned , ▁wise ▁and ▁experienced ▁men ' ▁( vi ri ▁do ct i , ▁sap ientes ▁et ▁per iti ). ▁Sch ott el ius ▁argued ▁distinct ively ▁that ▁this ▁ideal ized , ▁sup ra - reg ional ▁form ▁of ▁German ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁acquired ▁sp ont ane ously , ▁and ▁certainly ▁not ▁from ▁speech : ▁it ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁' lear nt ▁through ▁much ▁dil ig ence ▁and ▁to il ' ▁( d urch ▁viel ▁Fle is ▁und ▁Arbeit ▁... ▁er l ern et ). ▁ ▁Leg acy ▁Sch ott el ius ’ s ▁ ▁truly ▁' com pre h ensive ' ▁work ▁domin ated ▁the ▁German ▁lingu istic ▁field ▁until ▁Johann ▁Christoph ▁Gott sch ed ▁( 1 7 0 0 - 1 7 6 6 ), ▁whose ▁author itative ▁gr amm ars ▁appeared ▁from ▁ 1 7 4 8 ▁on wards . ▁Sch ott el ius ' s ▁wider ▁legacy ▁has ▁been ▁various ly ▁ass essed , ▁but ▁it ▁lies ▁mainly ▁in ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁lingu istic ▁ideas , ▁with ▁meas urable ▁influ ences ▁to ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁early ▁gr amm ars ▁of ▁Dan ish , ▁Dutch , ▁Swedish ▁and ▁Russian , ▁and ▁in ▁theoretical ▁writ ings ▁on ▁these ▁and ▁other ▁languages . ▁ ▁Major ▁works ▁▁▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁Re print