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 77
... stands , or that on which things can be placed ( stood ) ; it now means what dictionaries define as a horizontal sur- face raised above the ground , used for meals and other purposes . " The French tableau , picture , again goes back to ...
... stands , or that on which things can be placed ( stood ) ; it now means what dictionaries define as a horizontal sur- face raised above the ground , used for meals and other purposes . " The French tableau , picture , again goes back to ...
Page 230
... stands throughout on the same step as Gothic . Conso- nants in the middle and at the end of words , are liable to various disturbing influences , and I shall therefore dwell chiefly on the changes of initial consonants . Let us begin ...
... stands throughout on the same step as Gothic . Conso- nants in the middle and at the end of words , are liable to various disturbing influences , and I shall therefore dwell chiefly on the changes of initial consonants . Let us begin ...
Page 310
... stands for sne Fō . S is elided as in mikrós for smikrós , and the digamma disappears , as usual , between two vowels . It reappears , however , as soon as it stands no longer in this position . Hence fut . neúsomai , aor . éneusa ...
... stands for sne Fō . S is elided as in mikrós for smikrós , and the digamma disappears , as usual , between two vowels . It reappears , however , as soon as it stands no longer in this position . Hence fut . neúsomai , aor . éneusa ...
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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