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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... .. 115 THE GENEALOGICAL 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 ..
... .. 115 THE GENEALOGICAL 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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... Comparative Philology in this Institution , I at once expressed my readiness to do so . I had lived long enough in England to know that the peculiar difficulties arising from my imperfect knowl- edge of the language would be more than ...
... Comparative Philology in this Institution , I at once expressed my readiness to do so . I had lived long enough in England to know that the peculiar difficulties arising from my imperfect knowl- edge of the language would be more than ...
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... the public at large as to the real objects of this new science . We hear it spoken of as Comparative Philology , Scientific Etymology , Phonology , and Glos- sology . In France it has received the convenient , INTRODUCTION . 13.
... the public at large as to the real objects of this new science . We hear it spoken of as Comparative Philology , Scientific Etymology , Phonology , and Glos- sology . In France it has received the convenient , INTRODUCTION . 13.
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... Comparative Anatomy ; nor will there be much difficulty in chris- tening our young science after we have once ascer- tained its birth , its parentage , and its character . myself prefer the simple designation of the Science of Language ...
... Comparative Anatomy ; nor will there be much difficulty in chris- tening our young science after we have once ascer- tained its birth , its parentage , and its character . myself prefer the simple designation of the Science of Language ...
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... comparative anatomist . This is perfectly true , yet it is but right that each science should be reminded of these its more humble beginnings , and of the practi- cal requirements which it was originally intended to answer . A science ...
... comparative anatomist . This is perfectly true , yet it is but right that each science should be reminded of these its more humble beginnings , and of the practi- cal requirements which it was originally intended to answer . A science ...
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