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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... meaning of this decree ? Simply what may now be found in every French grammar , namely , that commençant , finissant , are indeclinable when they have the meaning of the participle present , active or neuter ; but that they take the ...
... meaning of this decree ? Simply what may now be found in every French grammar , namely , that commençant , finissant , are indeclinable when they have the meaning of the participle present , active or neuter ; but that they take the ...
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... meanings.2 These meanings are now kept distinct by means of com- position , as in other languages by derivation , but in the radical stage words with more than twenty sig- nifications would have bewildered the hearer entirely , without ...
... meanings.2 These meanings are now kept distinct by means of com- position , as in other languages by derivation , but in the radical stage words with more than twenty sig- nifications would have bewildered the hearer entirely , without ...
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... meaning nearly related to that of the term disused , as tia , straight , upright , is used instead of tu , to stand ; pae , part , division , instead of rima , five ; piti , together , has replaced rua , two , & c . In some cases , the ...
... meaning nearly related to that of the term disused , as tia , straight , upright , is used instead of tu , to stand ; pae , part , division , instead of rima , five ; piti , together , has replaced rua , two , & c . In some cases , the ...
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... meaning , of thought as independent of words , seems to defy one of the best established principles of the science of language . Where do we ever meet in reality , I mean in the world such as it is , with articulate sounds sounds like ...
... meaning , of thought as independent of words , seems to defy one of the best established principles of the science of language . Where do we ever meet in reality , I mean in the world such as it is , with articulate sounds sounds like ...
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... meaning goer , from sar , to go , became the name of river ; sara , meaning the same , what runs or goes , was used for sap , but not for river . Thus dru , in Sanskrit , means to run , dravat , quick ; but drapsa is restricted to the ...
... meaning goer , from sar , to go , became the name of river ; sara , meaning the same , what runs or goes , was used for sap , but not for river . Thus dru , in Sanskrit , means to run , dravat , quick ; but drapsa is restricted to the ...
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