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 156
... called a media , a soft let- ter , a sonant , in opposition to p , which is called a tenuis , a hard letter , or a surd . But what is meant by these terms ? A tenuis , we saw , was so called by the Greeks in opposition to the aspirates ...
... called a media , a soft let- ter , a sonant , in opposition to p , which is called a tenuis , a hard letter , or a surd . But what is meant by these terms ? A tenuis , we saw , was so called by the Greeks in opposition to the aspirates ...
Page 550
... called the New Road to a small ancient gateway , leading to- wards the Minster Yard , is called the Grecian Stairs . These stairs were originally called the Greesen , the early English plural of a gree or step . When Greesen ceased to ...
... called the New Road to a small ancient gateway , leading to- wards the Minster Yard , is called the Grecian Stairs . These stairs were originally called the Greesen , the early English plural of a gree or step . When Greesen ceased to ...
Page 620
... called Te pi , 42 . effect of this custom on the Ta- hitian language , 43 , 44 . Tar , the Aryan root , in Sanskrit and other languages , 218 . Tataric , the name of the Deity in , 456 . Tavern - signs , hieroglyphic mythol- ogy of ...
... called Te pi , 42 . effect of this custom on the Ta- hitian language , 43 , 44 . Tar , the Aryan root , in Sanskrit and other languages , 218 . Tataric , the name of the Deity in , 456 . Tavern - signs , hieroglyphic mythol- ogy of ...
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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