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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... sound scholars . An essay just published by Professor F. W. Newman , " On the Umbrian Language , " following after a short interval on an article in Fraser's Magazine , Jan. 1863 , does equal credit to the acumen and to the candor of ...
... sound scholars . An essay just published by Professor F. W. Newman , " On the Umbrian Language , " following after a short interval on an article in Fraser's Magazine , Jan. 1863 , does equal credit to the acumen and to the candor of ...
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... func- tion of language itself , and to its whole mechanism . " - 1 The Polynesian , Honolulu , Sept. 27 , Oct. 4 , Oct. 11 , 1862 , containing an Essay by Dr. J. Rae . Strange as it may sound to hear the language of 18 NEW THEORIES .
... func- tion of language itself , and to its whole mechanism . " - 1 The Polynesian , Honolulu , Sept. 27 , Oct. 4 , Oct. 11 , 1862 , containing an Essay by Dr. J. Rae . Strange as it may sound to hear the language of 18 NEW THEORIES .
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... sound to hear the language of Homer and Ennius spoken of as an offshoot of the Sandwich Islands , mere ridicule would be a very in- appropriate and very inefficient answer to such a theory . It is not very long ago that all the Greek ...
... sound to hear the language of Homer and Ennius spoken of as an offshoot of the Sandwich Islands , mere ridicule would be a very in- appropriate and very inefficient answer to such a theory . It is not very long ago that all the Greek ...
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... sound in other words . Thus the name of one of the kings being Tu , not only was this word , which means " to stand , " changed to tia , but in the word fetu , star , the last syllable , though having no connection , except in sound ...
... sound in other words . Thus the name of one of the kings being Tu , not only was this word , which means " to stand , " changed to tia , but in the word fetu , star , the last syllable , though having no connection , except in sound ...
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... 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 sketch of its history ; which in- cludes a general ...
... 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 sketch of its history ; which in- cludes a general ...
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