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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Page 35
... passage from one dialect into another ( see page 82 , seq . ) . And Mr. Hale , in the seventh volume of the " United States Exploring Expedition " ( p . 232 ) , has not only given a table of the regular changes which words common to the ...
... passage from one dialect into another ( see page 82 , seq . ) . And Mr. Hale , in the seventh volume of the " United States Exploring Expedition " ( p . 232 ) , has not only given a table of the regular changes which words common to the ...
Page 145
... passage and strengthen the breath . This , how- ever , is merely an hypothesis , not a dogma . A third barrier , produced by advancing the tongue towards the teeth , modifies the spiritus asper into s , the spiritus lenis into z , the ...
... passage and strengthen the breath . This , how- ever , is merely an hypothesis , not a dogma . A third barrier , produced by advancing the tongue towards the teeth , modifies the spiritus asper into s , the spiritus lenis into z , the ...
Page 157
... passage . This slight sound , which is not caused by any rhyth- mic vibration , but only by a certain narrowing of the chordæ , is all that can be meant when some grammarians call these mute consonants sonant ; and , physiologically ...
... passage . This slight sound , which is not caused by any rhyth- mic vibration , but only by a certain narrowing of the chordæ , is all that can be meant when some grammarians call these mute consonants sonant ; and , physiologically ...
Page 187
... passage from the Rev. J. W. Appleyard's excellent work , " The Kafir Language , " in order to show that even in the changes of lan- guages sometimes called barbarous and illiterate , law and order prevail ( p . 50 ) : — " The chief ...
... passage from the Rev. J. W. Appleyard's excellent work , " The Kafir Language , " in order to show that even in the changes of lan- guages sometimes called barbarous and illiterate , law and order prevail ( p . 50 ) : — " The chief ...
Page 237
... passage . Welfare , wohl- fahrt , would be in Greek euporía , opposed to aporía , helplessness . In Sanskrit the same word appears , though slightly altered , namely , char , 1 to walk . The English feather would correspond to a San ...
... passage . Welfare , wohl- fahrt , would be in Greek euporía , opposed to aporía , helplessness . In Sanskrit the same word appears , though slightly altered , namely , char , 1 to walk . The English feather would correspond to a San ...
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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