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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Page 38
... follow the path ; and thus the passage from the material to the inmaterial has already unfolded itself at one point ; and we now perceive that there are several large provinces of speculation which concern subjects belong- ing to man's ...
... follow the path ; and thus the passage from the material to the inmaterial has already unfolded itself at one point ; and we now perceive that there are several large provinces of speculation which concern subjects belong- ing to man's ...
Page 40
... follow that therefore He produces all the ac- tions which we perform . He has given us the faculty of building a house and doing any other work ; but we surely are the builders , and not He . In the same manner our faculty of speaking ...
... follow that therefore He produces all the ac- tions which we perform . He has given us the faculty of building a house and doing any other work ; but we surely are the builders , and not He . In the same manner our faculty of speaking ...
Page 51
... follow almost by necessity that language should contain neither more nor less than what is re- quired for that purpose . It would also seem to follow that if language contains no more than what is neces- sary for conveying a certain ...
... follow almost by necessity that language should contain neither more nor less than what is re- quired for that purpose . It would also seem to follow that if language contains no more than what is neces- sary for conveying a certain ...
Page 57
... follows that hayr is pater . We are accustomed to call these changes the growth of language , but it would be more appropriate to call this process of phonetic change decay , and thus to dis- tinguish it from the second or dialectical ...
... follows that hayr is pater . We are accustomed to call these changes the growth of language , but it would be more appropriate to call this process of phonetic change decay , and thus to dis- tinguish it from the second or dialectical ...
Page 80
... follow his own way . His- torical information as to an early substratum of Celtic inhabitants in Britain , as to Saxon , Danish , and Nor- man invasions may be useful to him . But though every record were burned , and every skull ...
... follow his own way . His- torical information as to an early substratum of Celtic inhabitants in Britain , as to Saxon , Danish , and Nor- man invasions may be useful to him . But though every record were burned , and every skull ...
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