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 244
... earliest part of the age of stone as known in Denmark . " To suppose the presence in Europe of people speaking Aryan languages at so early a period in the history of the world , is opposed to the ordina- rily received notions as to the ...
... earliest part of the age of stone as known in Denmark . " To suppose the presence in Europe of people speaking Aryan languages at so early a period in the history of the world , is opposed to the ordina- rily received notions as to the ...
Page 396
... early language and early thought . It was , for instance , a very natural idea for people who watched the golden beams of the sun playing as it were with the foliage of the trees , to speak of these outstretched rays as hands or arms ...
... early language and early thought . It was , for instance , a very natural idea for people who watched the golden beams of the sun playing as it were with the foliage of the trees , to speak of these outstretched rays as hands or arms ...
Page 445
... earliest religious thoughts of our race , expressed and enshrined within the imperisha ble walls of a few simple ... early mythology . As dyu in Sanskrit continued to mean sky , though as a feminine only , it was difficult for the ...
... earliest religious thoughts of our race , expressed and enshrined within the imperisha ble walls of a few simple ... early mythology . As dyu in Sanskrit continued to mean sky , though as a feminine only , it was difficult for 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