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 43
... produce a consider- able change in the language . It is true that this change is only temporary , as at the death of the king or chief the new word is dropped , and the original term resumed . But it is hardly to be supposed that after ...
... produce a consider- able change in the language . It is true that this change is only temporary , as at the death of the king or chief the new word is dropped , and the original term resumed . But it is hardly to be supposed that after ...
Page 77
... produce names expressive of the minutest shades of thought and feeling . It was by a poetical fiat that the Greek próbata , which originally meant no more than things walking forward , became in time the name of cattle , and ...
... produce names expressive of the minutest shades of thought and feeling . It was by a poetical fiat that the Greek próbata , which originally meant no more than things walking forward , became in time the name of cattle , and ...
Page 79
... produced two words , one for lan- guage , the other for reason ; thus leading the speaker to suppose that there is a substantial difference be- tween the two , and not a mere formal difference . ; Thus Brown says : " To be without ...
... produced two words , one for lan- guage , the other for reason ; thus leading the speaker to suppose that there is a substantial difference be- tween the two , and not a mere formal difference . ; Thus Brown says : " To be without ...
Page 86
... producing a dic- tionary , much less a grammar . It was a favorite idea of ancient philosophers to compare the atoms ... produced by the same elements by a reference to letters . " A , " he says , " differs from N by its shape ; AN from ...
... producing a dic- tionary , much less a grammar . It was a favorite idea of ancient philosophers to compare the atoms ... produced by the same elements by a reference to letters . " A , " he says , " differs from N by its shape ; AN from ...
Page 107
... produce a sound ( φωνήεντα μὲν οὔ , οὐ μέντοι γε ἄφθογγα ) , afterwards called semi - vowels ( uípova ) ; and , sec- ondly , the real mutes , both voiceless and soundless , i.e. all consonants , except the semi - vowels ( ap0oyya ) .2 ...
... produce a sound ( φωνήεντα μὲν οὔ , οὐ μέντοι γε ἄφθογγα ) , afterwards called semi - vowels ( uípova ) ; and , sec- ondly , the real mutes , both voiceless and soundless , i.e. all consonants , except the semi - vowels ( ap0oyya ) .2 ...
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