Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in February, March, April and May, 1863, Volume 2C. Scribner, 1865 - 622 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 43
Page 10
... comparative philologist . Their forms , which to the The 1 A valuable essay " On some leading Characteristics of the Dialects spoken in the six Northern Counties of England , or Ancient Northumbria , and on the Variations in their ...
... comparative philologist . Their forms , which to the The 1 A valuable essay " On some leading Characteristics of the Dialects spoken in the six Northern Counties of England , or Ancient Northumbria , and on the Variations in their ...
Page 19
... Comparative Grammar of the South - African Languages , printed at the Cape , written by a most learned and ingen- ious scholar , Dr. Bleek.1 In it he proves that , with the exception of the Bushman tongue , which has not yet been ...
... Comparative Grammar of the South - African Languages , printed at the Cape , written by a most learned and ingen- ious scholar , Dr. Bleek.1 In it he proves that , with the exception of the Bushman tongue , which has not yet been ...
Page 20
... comparative researches of Ori- ental scholars . The origin of the grammatical forms , of gender and number , the etymology of pro- nouns , and many other questions of the highest in- terest to the philologist , find their true solution ...
... comparative researches of Ori- ental scholars . The origin of the grammatical forms , of gender and number , the etymology of pro- nouns , and many other questions of the highest in- terest to the philologist , find their true solution ...
Page 21
... Comparative Philology , as hitherto treated by Bopp and others , is but a dream of continental pro- fessors.1 How are theories and counter - theories of this kind to be treated ? However startling and par- adoxical in appearance , they ...
... Comparative Philology , as hitherto treated by Bopp and others , is but a dream of continental pro- fessors.1 How are theories and counter - theories of this kind to be treated ? However startling and par- adoxical in appearance , they ...
Page 22
... Comparative Philology must rest on the evidence of the best known and the best analyzed dialects , and it is to them that we must look , if we wish for a compass to guide us through the most violent storms and hurricanes of philological ...
... Comparative Philology must rest on the evidence of the best known and the best analyzed dialects , and it is to them that we must look , if we wish for a compass to guide us through the most violent storms and hurricanes of philological ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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 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 Rig-Veda Roman root Sanskrit Sarama Saranyû Savitar Saxon scholars Science of Language sense skrit Slavonic 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