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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... scien tific inquiry were not inferior , whether in novelty or importance , to the most brilliant discoveries of our age . It was not till I began to write my lectures LECTURE L THE SCIENCE OF LANGUAGE ONE OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES.
... scien tific inquiry were not inferior , whether in novelty or importance , to the most brilliant discoveries of our age . It was not till I began to write my lectures LECTURE L THE SCIENCE OF LANGUAGE ONE OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES.
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... write my lectures that I became aware of the difficulties of the task I had undertaken . The dimensions of the science of lan- guage are so vast that it is impossible in a course of nine lectures to give more than a very general survey ...
... write my lectures that I became aware of the difficulties of the task I had undertaken . The dimensions of the science of lan- guage are so vast that it is impossible in a course of nine lectures to give more than a very general survey ...
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... writes , " that the power of abstracting is not at all in brutes , and that the having of general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction between man and brutes . For it is evident we observe no footsteps in these of making use ...
... writes , " that the power of abstracting is not at all in brutes , and that the having of general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction between man and brutes . For it is evident we observe no footsteps in these of making use ...
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... writes , " it does not 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 ...
... writes , " it does not 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 ...
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... writes , " which are named almost alike all over Europe , receive quite different names in the different Friesian Islands . Thus , in Amrum , father is called aatj ; on the Halligs , baba or babe ; in Sylt , foder or vaar ; in many ...
... writes , " which are named almost alike all over Europe , receive quite different names in the different Friesian Islands . Thus , in Amrum , father is called aatj ; on the Halligs , baba or babe ; in Sylt , foder or vaar ; in many ...
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