The discovery of Indo-European began with the work of______ who delivered an important paper in 1786, in which he suggested that Sanskrit bore a stronger affinity to Greek and Latin.()

The discovery of Indo-European began with the work of______ who delivered an important paper in 1786, in which he suggested that Sanskrit bore a stronger affinity to Greek and Latin.()

A.the British scholar Sir William Jones

B.the German linguist Franz Bopp

C.the Danish scholar Rasmus Rask

D.the German scholar Jacob Grimm

正确答案是A