Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in ... 1861 [and 1863], Volume 1C. Scribner, 1869 |
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... Gothic moon is mena , which is a masculine . For month we have in A.-S. mônádh , in Gothic menoth , both masculine . In Greek we find men , a masculine , for month , and mēnē , a feminine , for moon . In Latin we have the derivative ...
... Gothic moon is mena , which is a masculine . For month we have in A.-S. mônádh , in Gothic menoth , both masculine . In Greek we find men , a masculine , for month , and mēnē , a feminine , for moon . In Latin we have the derivative ...
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... Gothic , or in Greek and Latin , or in Sanskrit ? We do not say two - ten in English , nor duo - decem in Latin , nor dvi - dasa in San- skrit . We find1 in Sanskrit vin'sati . in Greek eikati . in Latin viginti . in English twenty ...
... Gothic , or in Greek and Latin , or in Sanskrit ? We do not say two - ten in English , nor duo - decem in Latin , nor dvi - dasa in San- skrit . We find1 in Sanskrit vin'sati . in Greek eikati . in Latin viginti . in English twenty ...
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... Gothic . No doubt these are the royal heads in the history of language . But as politi- cal history ought to be more than a chronicle of royal dynasties , so the historian of language ought never to 1 " Some people , who may have been ...
... Gothic . No doubt these are the royal heads in the history of language . But as politi- cal history ought to be more than a chronicle of royal dynasties , so the historian of language ought never to 1 " Some people , who may have been ...
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... Gothic . sijuin1 1 sijuth sind . Dialectically we hear I be , instead of I am ; and if Chartism should ever gain the upper hand , we must be prepared for newspapers adopting such forms as I says , I knows . These various influences and ...
... Gothic . sijuin1 1 sijuth sind . Dialectically we hear I be , instead of I am ; and if Chartism should ever gain the upper hand , we must be prepared for newspapers adopting such forms as I says , I knows . These various influences and ...
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... Gothic , and Scandinavian branches , constitute the Teutonic class ; that this Teutonic class , together with the Celtic , Slavonic , the Hellenic , Italic , Iranic , and Indic classes constitute the great Indo- European or Aryan family ...
... Gothic , and Scandinavian branches , constitute the Teutonic class ; that this Teutonic class , together with the Celtic , Slavonic , the Hellenic , Italic , Iranic , and Indic classes constitute the great Indo- European or Aryan family ...
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