Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in 1863Scribner's Sons, 1864 - 600 pages |
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Page 205
... beginning of syllables , like ' str , ' in ' strength , ' are altogether inadmissible . At the beginning not only of the first syllable of every word , but also of every succeeding syllable , only one consonant is allowed . If , in the ...
... beginning of syllables , like ' str , ' in ' strength , ' are altogether inadmissible . At the beginning not only of the first syllable of every word , but also of every succeeding syllable , only one consonant is allowed . If , in the ...
Page 235
... beginning with P , and there are no words in Gothic beginning with that letter , except foreign words . In Sanskrit , too , the consonant that ought to correspond to Gothic p , namely b , is very seldom , if ever , an ini- tial sound ...
... beginning with P , and there are no words in Gothic beginning with that letter , except foreign words . In Sanskrit , too , the consonant that ought to correspond to Gothic p , namely b , is very seldom , if ever , an ini- tial sound ...
Page 282
... beginning in Italian with gua , gue , gui , are almost invariably of German origin . A few words are mentioned , indeed , in which a Latin v seems to have been changed into g . But as , according to general usage , Latin v remains v in ...
... beginning in Italian with gua , gue , gui , are almost invariably of German origin . A few words are mentioned , indeed , in which a Latin v seems to have been changed into g . But as , according to general usage , Latin v remains v in ...
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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