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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... causes the most absurd mis- takes , they were clearly in the beginning the mere expression of individual feeling , and therefore liable to much greater dialectic variation than grammat- ical forms , properly so called . But let us take ...
... causes the most absurd mis- takes , they were clearly in the beginning the mere expression of individual feeling , and therefore liable to much greater dialectic variation than grammat- ical forms , properly so called . But let us take ...
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... one of my former lectures to explain some of the causes which in nomadic dialects pro- 2 Endlicher , § 206 . 1 Léon de Rosny , l . c . 302 . • duce a much more rapid shedding of words than DIALECTIC REGENERATION . 41.
... one of my former lectures to explain some of the causes which in nomadic dialects pro- 2 Endlicher , § 206 . 1 Léon de Rosny , l . c . 302 . • duce a much more rapid shedding of words than DIALECTIC REGENERATION . 41.
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... causes for perplexity . " I shall mention to - day but one new , though insig- nificant cause of change in the Polynesian lan- guages , in order to show that it is difficult to over- estimate the multifarious influences which are at ...
... causes for perplexity . " I shall mention to - day but one new , though insig- nificant cause of change in the Polynesian lan- guages , in order to show that it is difficult to over- estimate the multifarious influences which are at ...
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... causes . The But to return to the Kafir language , we find in it clear traces that what may have been originally a mere feminine peculiarity- the result , if you like , of the bashfulness of the Kafir ladies — extended its influence ...
... causes . The But to return to the Kafir language , we find in it clear traces that what may have been originally a mere feminine peculiarity- the result , if you like , of the bashfulness of the Kafir ladies — extended its influence ...
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... causes of the wonderful diversity of languages in South America . " ( Vol . i . pp . 329 , 330. ) ― As I intend to limit the present course of lectures chiefly to Greek and Latin , with its Romance off- shoots ; English , with its ...
... causes of the wonderful diversity of languages in South America . " ( Vol . i . pp . 329 , 330. ) ― As I intend to limit the present course of lectures chiefly to Greek and Latin , with its Romance off- shoots ; English , with its ...
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