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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... instances will make my meaning clearer . They will show how the solution of some of the most difficult problems of Comparative Grammar may be found at our very door , and how theories that would seem fanciful and incredible if applied ...
... instances will make my meaning clearer . They will show how the solution of some of the most difficult problems of Comparative Grammar may be found at our very door , and how theories that would seem fanciful and incredible if applied ...
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... instance , Godvulf- ing , the son of Godvulf . In the A. S. translation of the Bible , the son of Elisha is called Elising . In the plural these patronymics frequently become the names of families , clans , villages , towns , and na ...
... instance , Godvulf- ing , the son of Godvulf . In the A. S. translation of the Bible , the son of Elisha is called Elising . In the plural these patronymics frequently become the names of families , clans , villages , towns , and na ...
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... instance , clansung , cleansing ; beácnung , beaconing ; & c . In early A. S. these abstract nouns in ung are far more numerous than those in ing . Ing , however , began soon to encroach on ung , and at present no trace is left in ...
... instance , clansung , cleansing ; beácnung , beaconing ; & c . In early A. S. these abstract nouns in ung are far more numerous than those in ing . Ing , however , began soon to encroach on ung , and at present no trace is left in ...
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... instance , " une femme souffrante , " & c . --- Here , then , we see again that in analytical lan- guages the idea conveyed by the participle present can be expressed by the oblique case of a verbal noun . Let us now proceed to a more ...
... instance , " une femme souffrante , " & c . --- Here , then , we see again that in analytical lan- guages the idea conveyed by the participle present can be expressed by the oblique case of a verbal noun . Let us now proceed to a more ...
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... instance , mendia , the mountain ; mendiaz , from the mountain ; mendian , in the mountain ; mendico , for the sake of the mountain . In like manner , etchean , in the house ; ohean , in the bed . If , then , we examine the verb ...
... instance , mendia , the mountain ; mendiaz , from the mountain ; mendian , in the mountain ; mendico , for the sake of the mountain . In like manner , etchean , in the house ; ohean , in the bed . If , then , we examine the verb ...
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