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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... V. .... 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 ..
... V. .... 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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... the stamina , and pistils . He learns , so to say , the practical grammar of the plant before he can begin to compare , to arrange , and classify . has Again , no one can enter with advantage on the 30 THEORETICAL STAGE .
... the stamina , and pistils . He learns , so to say , the practical grammar of the plant before he can begin to compare , to arrange , and classify . has Again , no one can enter with advantage on the 30 THEORETICAL STAGE .
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... grammar and the dic- tionary which form the subject of his inquiries . These he consults and subjects to a careful analysis , but he does not encumber his memory with paradigms of nouns and verbs , or with long lists of words which have ...
... grammar and the dic- tionary which form the subject of his inquiries . These he consults and subjects to a careful analysis , but he does not encumber his memory with paradigms of nouns and verbs , or with long lists of words which have ...
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... Grammar.3 It is argued , therefore , that as language , differing thereby from all other productions of nature , is liable to historical alterations , it is not fit to be treated in the 1 Marsh , p . 589 . 2 Sir J. Stoddart , Glossology ...
... Grammar.3 It is argued , therefore , that as language , differing thereby from all other productions of nature , is liable to historical alterations , it is not fit to be treated in the 1 Marsh , p . 589 . 2 Sir J. Stoddart , Glossology ...
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... meaning a - two ; so that , for instance , discussion means , origi- 1 Bopp , Comparative Grammar , § 320. Schleicher , Deutsche Sprache , & 233 . nally , striking a - two , different from percussion 52 PHONETIC DECAY .
... meaning a - two ; so that , for instance , discussion means , origi- 1 Bopp , Comparative Grammar , § 320. Schleicher , Deutsche Sprache , & 233 . nally , striking a - two , different from percussion 52 PHONETIC DECAY .
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