Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in 1863Scribner's Sons, 1864 - 622 pages |
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... Greek ever had a guttural initial , and to say that Sanskrit gh becomes Greek th is in reality say . ing very little . No letter ever becomes . People pro- nounce letters , and they either pronounce them properly or improperly . If the ...
... Greek ever had a guttural initial , and to say that Sanskrit gh becomes Greek th is in reality say . ing very little . No letter ever becomes . People pro- nounce letters , and they either pronounce them properly or improperly . If the ...
Page 615
... Greek poets , 408 . origin of Greek mythology , 411 . ethical interpretation of their origin , 411 . physical interpretation , 412 . allegorical interpretation , 412 . Aristotle's remarks on Greek mythology , quoted , 414 . attempts at ...
... Greek poets , 408 . origin of Greek mythology , 411 . ethical interpretation of their origin , 411 . physical interpretation , 412 . allegorical interpretation , 412 . Aristotle's remarks on Greek mythology , quoted , 414 . attempts at ...
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... Greek historians , 417 . Sea , Greek names for the , 338 . Sechuana language , difference be- tween it and Kafir , 187 . Sensation and perception , distinction between , 118 . Septentriones , a name of the Great Bear , meaning of the ...
... Greek historians , 417 . Sea , Greek names for the , 338 . Sechuana language , difference be- tween it and Kafir , 187 . Sensation and perception , distinction between , 118 . Septentriones , a name of the Great Bear , meaning of the ...
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Agni Alphabet ancient Angiras Anglo-Saxon Aryan languages aspirates Asvins breath bright called conception consonantal consonants cows Curtius dawn deity dental derived dialects distinct divine doubt Dyaus earth English etymology express father French German glottis gods Gothic Grammar Grammatik Greek Grimm Grimm's law guage guttural Hawaian heaven hence Homer horse hymn idea Indra Italian Kafir Kuhn Kuhn's Zeitschrift labial Latin letters likewise Maruts meaning meant originally metaphor mind modern mother myth mythology nations nature never night noun Old High-German Old Norse philosophers phonetic poets Polynesian pronounced religion Rig-Veda Roman root Sanskrit Sarama Saranyû Savitar Saxon Science of Language sense skrit soft sonant sound speak speech spiritus asper spiritus lenis spoken supposed syllable tenuis Teutonic things thought tion tongue trace Tuisco twins Varuna Veda verb vibrations Vivasvat vowels words Yama Zeus δὲ καὶ τῶν