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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... principle , we now read revelation of a divine This has given to the After the observer In this way the second or classificatory leads us naturally to the third or final stage the theoretical , or metaphysical . If the work of ...
... principle , we now read revelation of a divine This has given to the After the observer In this way the second or classificatory leads us naturally to the third or final stage the theoretical , or metaphysical . If the work of ...
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... there would still remain the greater 1 Names in ic , are names of classes as distinct from the names of single .anguages . difficulty of reconciling with the recognized principles of physical science HISTORY OF LANGUAGE . 43.
... there would still remain the greater 1 Names in ic , are names of classes as distinct from the names of single .anguages . difficulty of reconciling with the recognized principles of physical science HISTORY OF LANGUAGE . 43.
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... principles of physical science the historical changes affecting every one of these varieties . Every part of nature , whether mineral , plant , or animal , is the same in kind from the beginning to the end of its existence , whereas few ...
... principles of physical science the historical changes affecting every one of these varieties . Every part of nature , whether mineral , plant , or animal , is the same in kind from the beginning to the end of its existence , whereas few ...
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... principle of phonetic decay leads to the 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 ...
... principle of phonetic decay leads to the 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 ...
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... principle of growth . In order to understand the meaning of dialectical 1 Sanskrit s = Persian h ; therefore svasar = hvahar . This becomes cho- har , chor , and cho . Zend , ganha , acc . ganharem , Persian , khaher . Bopp , Comp ...
... principle of growth . In order to understand the meaning of dialectical 1 Sanskrit s = Persian h ; therefore svasar = hvahar . This becomes cho- har , chor , and cho . Zend , ganha , acc . ganharem , Persian , khaher . Bopp , Comp ...
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