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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... common , of our own dialect , if well examined and analyzed , will teach us more than the most ingen- ious speculations on the nature of speech and the origin of roots . We may accept it , I believe , as a general principle that what is ...
... common , of our own dialect , if well examined and analyzed , will teach us more than the most ingen- ious speculations on the nature of speech and the origin of roots . We may accept it , I believe , as a general principle that what is ...
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... common derivative ling , in such words as darling , hireling , yearling , foundling , nestling , worldling , changeling . It is doubtful , in fact , whe- ther even in such words as æpeling , lyteling , which end in 7 , the suffix is not ...
... common derivative ling , in such words as darling , hireling , yearling , foundling , nestling , worldling , changeling . It is doubtful , in fact , whe- ther even in such words as æpeling , lyteling , which end in 7 , the suffix is not ...
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... common descent of Greek and Latin is established ; or to try to discover Sanskrit in the Malay dialects , or Greek in the idioms of the Cau- casian mountaineers . The whole crust of the earth is not made of lias , swarming with ...
... common descent of Greek and Latin is established ; or to try to discover Sanskrit in the Malay dialects , or Greek in the idioms of the Cau- casian mountaineers . The whole crust of the earth is not made of lias , swarming with ...
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... common property ; we perceive similarity . though at the same time great diversity : 1 5 1 2 3 Fakaafoan tasi lua , ua tolu fa lima Samoan tasi lua tolu fa lima Tongan taha ua tolu fa nima New Zealand tahi rua toru wa rima Rarotongan ...
... common property ; we perceive similarity . though at the same time great diversity : 1 5 1 2 3 Fakaafoan tasi lua , ua tolu fa lima Samoan tasi lua tolu fa lima Tongan taha ua tolu fa nima New Zealand tahi rua toru wa rima Rarotongan ...
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... common to the numerous Polynesian lan- guages undergo , but he has likewise noted those permutations which take place occasionally only . On the strength of these phonetic laws once estab- lished , words which have hardly one single ...
... common to the numerous Polynesian lan- guages undergo , but he has likewise noted those permutations which take place occasionally only . On the strength of these phonetic laws once estab- lished , words which have hardly one single ...
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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 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