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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Page 139
... breath emitted can be distinctly heard . Yet this is not yet our h , or the spiritus asper . An intention is required to change mere breathing into h ; the velum pendulum has to assume its proper position , and the breath thus jerked ...
... breath emitted can be distinctly heard . Yet this is not yet our h , or the spiritus asper . An intention is required to change mere breathing into h ; the velum pendulum has to assume its proper position , and the breath thus jerked ...
Page 141
... breath which produces it , sonant . If we try to sing ha , the tone does not come out till the h is over . We might as well try to whistle and to sing at the same time.1 The reason of this is clear . If the breath that is to produce h ...
... breath which produces it , sonant . If we try to sing ha , the tone does not come out till the h is over . We might as well try to whistle and to sing at the same time.1 The reason of this is clear . If the breath that is to produce h ...
Page 161
... breath , or- and this is more in the sense of the eight letters called " the winds " in Sanskrit , h , ś , sh , s , tongue - root breath ( Jihvâmûlîya ) , labial breath ( Upadhmânîya ) , neutral breath ( Visarga ) , and neutral nasal ...
... breath , or- and this is more in the sense of the eight letters called " the winds " in Sanskrit , h , ś , sh , s , tongue - root breath ( Jihvâmûlîya ) , labial breath ( Upadhmânîya ) , neutral breath ( Visarga ) , and neutral nasal ...
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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