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 199
... dental aspirate like the th of the Greeks , or the dh of the Hindus . Hence , where that letter existed in the language of their common ancestors , the Ronians had either to give up the aspiration and pronounce d , or to take the ...
... dental aspirate like the th of the Greeks , or the dh of the Hindus . Hence , where that letter existed in the language of their common ancestors , the Ronians had either to give up the aspiration and pronounce d , or to take the ...
Page 211
... dental , and labial contact in one and the same word . There is nothing to show that the Greek changed the guttural into the dental contact , or that the Teutonic nations considered the labial contact less difficult than the guttural and ...
... dental , and labial contact in one and the same word . There is nothing to show that the Greek changed the guttural into the dental contact , or that the Teutonic nations considered the labial contact less difficult than the guttural and ...
Page 213
... dental breathing , however , the s , is never found in Latin as the representative of an original dental aspirate LECTURE V GRIMM'S LAW.
... dental breathing , however , the s , is never found in Latin as the representative of an original dental aspirate LECTURE V GRIMM'S LAW.
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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