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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... given you an account of the work done by others : of explorations made by travellers or missionaries among the black races of Africa , the yellow tribes of Polynesia , and the red - skins of America . should have had simply to copy ...
... given you an account of the work done by others : of explorations made by travellers or missionaries among the black races of Africa , the yellow tribes of Polynesia , and the red - skins of America . should have had simply to copy ...
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... given a table of the regular changes which words 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 ...
... given a table of the regular changes which words 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 ...
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... given by different intonations . have something left of this faculty in the tone of our sentences . We distinguish an interrogative from a positive sentence by the raising of our voice . ( Gone ? Gone . ) We pronounce Yes very ...
... given by different intonations . have something left of this faculty in the tone of our sentences . We distinguish an interrogative from a positive sentence by the raising of our voice . ( Gone ? Gone . ) We pronounce Yes very ...
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... given up in Cochin - Chinese as a term of plu- rality , how would the tests which we apply for dis- covering the original identity of the Aryan lan- guages have helped us in determining the real and close relationship between Chinese ...
... given up in Cochin - Chinese as a term of plu- rality , how would the tests which we apply for dis- covering the original identity of the Aryan lan- guages have helped us in determining the real and close relationship between Chinese ...
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... given above : — I. General Ba Transcen- II . Relation Mixed Ba dentals . III . Relation of Action Be IV . Discourse Bi V. God Da VI . World Da VII . Element De VIII . Stone . ᎠᎥ IX . Metal . X. Leaf XI . Flower Herbs XII . Seed ...
... given above : — I. General Ba Transcen- II . Relation Mixed Ba dentals . III . Relation of Action Be IV . Discourse Bi V. God Da VI . World Da VII . Element De VIII . Stone . ᎠᎥ IX . Metal . X. Leaf XI . Flower Herbs XII . Seed ...
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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