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 50
... formation in language , though given by an individual , is mostly , if not always , given with- out premeditation , nay , unconsciously . The individ- ual , as such , is powerless , and the results apparently produced by him depend on ...
... formation in language , though given by an individual , is mostly , if not always , given with- out premeditation , nay , unconsciously . The individ- ual , as such , is powerless , and the results apparently produced by him depend on ...
Page 55
... formation of grammatical terminations , let us look . to languages with which we are more familiar . Let us take the French adverb . We are told by French gram- marians that in order to form adverbs we have to add the termination ment ...
... formation of grammatical terminations , let us look . to languages with which we are more familiar . Let us take the French adverb . We are told by French gram- marians that in order to form adverbs we have to add the termination ment ...
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... formation of Italian . Italian is Latin in a new form . Italian is modern Latin , or Latin ancient Italian . The names mother and daughter only mark different periods in the growth of a language substantially the same . To speak of ...
... formation of Italian . Italian is Latin in a new form . Italian is modern Latin , or Latin ancient Italian . The names mother and daughter only mark different periods in the growth of a language substantially the same . To speak of ...
Page 69
... formations of a by - gone age . In more peaceful times , a new and popular literature springs up in a language which seems to have beer formed by conquests or revolutions , but which , in reality , had been growing up long before , and ...
... formations of a by - gone age . In more peaceful times , a new and popular literature springs up in a language which seems to have beer formed by conquests or revolutions , but which , in reality , had been growing up long before , and ...
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... formation of the character of the language . The language of England may be said to have been in suc- cession Celtic , Saxon , Norman , and English . But if we speak of the history of the English language , we enter on totally different ...
... formation of the character of the language . The language of England may be said to have been in suc- cession Celtic , Saxon , Norman , and English . But if we speak of the history of the English language , we enter on totally different ...
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