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 |
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... Sanskrit Language , as the Basis of Linguistic Science , and the Labours of the German School in that field , are they not overvalued ? " 2 L. c . p . 256 . clusions . " The principles of Comparative Philology must rest NEW THEORIES . 21.
... Sanskrit Language , as the Basis of Linguistic Science , and the Labours of the German School in that field , are they not overvalued ? " 2 L. c . p . 256 . clusions . " The principles of Comparative Philology must rest NEW THEORIES . 21.
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... German , ende ; Modern High - German , end ) . This was preserved as late as Gower's and Chaucer's time , 1 though in most cases it had then already been supplanted by the termination ing . Now what is that termination ing ? 2 It is ...
... German , ende ; Modern High - German , end ) . This was preserved as late as Gower's and Chaucer's time , 1 though in most cases it had then already been supplanted by the termination ing . Now what is that termination ing ? 2 It is ...
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... German names , such as Göttingen in Hanover , Harlingen in Holland , we have old genitives plu- ral , in the sense of " the home of the Gottings , the home of the Harlings , " & c.3 2. Ing is used to form more general attributive words ...
... German names , such as Göttingen in Hanover , Harlingen in Holland , we have old genitives plu- ral , in the sense of " the home of the Gottings , the home of the Harlings , " & c.3 2. Ing is used to form more general attributive words ...
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... German we find the High and the Low German ; in Celtic , the Gadhelic and Cymric , as in India the Sanskrit and Prâkrit ; and it is by no means an unlikely explanation , that , as Grimm sug- gested in the case of High and Low German ...
... German we find the High and the Low German ; in Celtic , the Gadhelic and Cymric , as in India the Sanskrit and Prâkrit ; and it is by no means an unlikely explanation , that , as Grimm sug- gested in the case of High and Low German ...
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... German or French ; charácter , with the accent on the second syllable , has a meaning in German , but none in English or French ; charactère , with the accent on the last , has a meaning in French , but none in English or German . It ...
... German or French ; charácter , with the accent on the second syllable , has a meaning in German , but none in English or French ; charactère , with the accent on the last , has a meaning in French , but none in English or German . It ...
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