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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... pronouncing them . The same syl- lable , for instance , daï , signifies twenty - three entirely different things ... pronounce Yes very differently when we 1 Léon de Rosny , l . c . p . 301 . We 2 See Beaulieu , Mémoire sur l'origine de ...
... pronouncing them . The same syl- lable , for instance , daï , signifies twenty - three entirely different things ... pronounce Yes very differently when we 1 Léon de Rosny , l . c . p . 301 . We 2 See Beaulieu , Mémoire sur l'origine de ...
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... pronounced with the grave accent means a lady , an ancestor ; pronounced with the sharp ac- cent it means the favorite of a prince ; pronounced with the semi - grave accent , it means what has been thrown away ; pronounced with the ...
... pronounced with the grave accent means a lady , an ancestor ; pronounced with the sharp ac- cent it means the favorite of a prince ; pronounced with the semi - grave accent , it means what has been thrown away ; pronounced with the ...
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... pronouncing any word which may hap- pen to contain a sound similar to one in the names of their nearest male relations . " It is perfectly true that the words substituted are at first no more than 1 The Kafir Language , comprising a ...
... pronouncing any word which may hap- pen to contain a sound similar to one in the names of their nearest male relations . " It is perfectly true that the words substituted are at first no more than 1 The Kafir Language , comprising a ...
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... pronounced in different parts of the world , convey everywhere the same idea . We have besides such signs as + plus , minus , X to be multiplied , ― to be divided , = equal , < greater , > smaller , O sun , moon , earth , 2 Jupiter ...
... pronounced in different parts of the world , convey everywhere the same idea . We have besides such signs as + plus , minus , X to be multiplied , ― to be divided , = equal , < greater , > smaller , O sun , moon , earth , 2 Jupiter ...
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... pronounced at all . It were to be wished , he says , that characters could be found bearing some resemblance to the things expressed by them ; also , that the sounds of a language should have some re- semblance to their objects . This ...
... pronounced at all . It were to be wished , he says , that characters could be found bearing some resemblance to the things expressed by them ; also , that the sounds of a language should have some re- semblance to their objects . This ...
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