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 57
... representing our thoughts that should be univer- sally intelligible . We have , for instance , our nu- merical figures , which are understood by people speaking different languages , and which , though dif- ferently pronounced in ...
... representing our thoughts that should be univer- sally intelligible . We have , for instance , our nu- merical figures , which are understood by people speaking different languages , and which , though dif- ferently pronounced in ...
Page 65
... represented in the following table , the skeleton , in fact , of the whole body of human knowledge . General ; namely , those universal notions , whether belonging more properly to Things ; called TRANSCENDENTAL Words ; DISCOURSE . IV ...
... represented in the following table , the skeleton , in fact , of the whole body of human knowledge . General ; namely , those universal notions , whether belonging more properly to Things ; called TRANSCENDENTAL Words ; DISCOURSE . IV ...
Page 99
... into the smallest and seemingly swiftest current possible . It represents , therefore , a swift , and what we may call a sharp , movement . 1 The Polynesian , Honolulu , 1862 . " Of all the vowels o is that of which ROOTS . 99.
... into the smallest and seemingly swiftest current possible . It represents , therefore , a swift , and what we may call a sharp , movement . 1 The Polynesian , Honolulu , 1862 . " Of all the vowels o is that of which ROOTS . 99.
Page 117
... representing the secondary tones will shake , and possibly be thrown off , while the others remain firm in their saddles , because these strings vibrate in sympathy with the secondary tones of the string struck . PHONETICS . 117.
... representing the secondary tones will shake , and possibly be thrown off , while the others remain firm in their saddles , because these strings vibrate in sympathy with the secondary tones of the string struck . PHONETICS . 117.
Page 134
... represents a bottle with a very narrow neck of no more than six centimètres from palate to lips . Such a bottle would answer to c " " " . The natural pitch of i seems to be D ' " . Fig . 11 . donord daily eter EXAMPLES : Open syllable ...
... represents a bottle with a very narrow neck of no more than six centimètres from palate to lips . Such a bottle would answer to c " " " . The natural pitch of i seems to be D ' " . Fig . 11 . donord daily eter EXAMPLES : Open syllable ...
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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