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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... CLASSIFICATION OF LANGUAGES ... 166 LECTURE VI . COMPARATIVE GRAMMAR ·· 214 LECTURE VII . THE CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS OF LANGUAGE .......... 250 LECTURE VIII . Page THE MORPHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF LANGUAGES ..
... CLASSIFICATION OF LANGUAGES ... 166 LECTURE VI . COMPARATIVE GRAMMAR ·· 214 LECTURE VII . THE CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS OF LANGUAGE .......... 250 LECTURE VIII . Page THE MORPHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF LANGUAGES ..
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... CLASSIFICATION OF LANGUAGES .. 275 LECTURE IX . THE THEORETICAL STAGE IN THE SCIENCE OF LAN- GUAGE.ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE ... ... 343 APPENDIX . GENEALOGICAL tableS OF LANGuages . INDEX ... 393 399 LECTURES . LECTURE I. THE SCIENCE OF ...
... CLASSIFICATION OF LANGUAGES .. 275 LECTURE IX . THE THEORETICAL STAGE IN THE SCIENCE OF LAN- GUAGE.ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE ... ... 343 APPENDIX . GENEALOGICAL tableS OF LANGuages . INDEX ... 393 399 LECTURES . LECTURE I. THE SCIENCE OF ...
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... classification , but were borrowed from the language of those who themselves were wan- derers on the sea or in the desert , and to whom the fixed stars were in full reality what their name implies , stars driven in and fixed , by which ...
... classification , but were borrowed from the language of those who themselves were wan- derers on the sea or in the desert , and to whom the fixed stars were in full reality what their name implies , stars driven in and fixed , by which ...
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... classification . We cease to study each flower for its own sake ; and by continually enlarging the sphere of our observation , we try to discover what is common to many and offers those essential points on which groups or nat- ural ...
... classification . We cease to study each flower for its own sake ; and by continually enlarging the sphere of our observation , we try to discover what is common to many and offers those essential points on which groups or nat- ural ...
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... classification is clear . We understand things if we can comprehend them ; that is to say , if we can grasp and hold together single facts , connect isolated impressions , distinguish between what is essen- tial and what is merely ...
... classification is clear . We understand things if we can comprehend them ; that is to say , if we can grasp and hold together single facts , connect isolated impressions , distinguish between what is essen- tial and what is merely ...
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