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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... whole world is open , as it were , to the student of language . There is virgin soil close to our door , and there are whole continents still to conquer , if we step beyond the frontiers of the ancient seats of civilization . may select ...
... whole world is open , as it were , to the student of language . There is virgin soil close to our door , and there are whole continents still to conquer , if we step beyond the frontiers of the ancient seats of civilization . may select ...
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... whole natural creation tends towards man : with- out man , nature would be incomplete and purpose- less . The Science of Man , therefore , or , as it is sometimes called , Anthropology , must form the crown of all the natural sciences ...
... whole natural creation tends towards man : with- out man , nature would be incomplete and purpose- less . The Science of Man , therefore , or , as it is sometimes called , Anthropology , must form the crown of all the natural sciences ...
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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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... whole remaining portion of the South - African continent , extending on the eastern side from the Keiskamma to the equator , and on the western side from 32 ° southern to about 8 ° northern latitude . But the same author claims likewise ...
... whole remaining portion of the South - African continent , extending on the eastern side from the Keiskamma to the equator , and on the western side from 32 ° southern to about 8 ° northern latitude . But the same author claims likewise ...
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... whole ocean of living speech within the narrow bars of Aryan or Semitic grammar . We have not very far to go in order to hear such phrases as " he is a - going , I am a - coming , " & c . , in- stead of the more usual " he is going , I ...
... whole ocean of living speech within the narrow bars of Aryan or Semitic grammar . We have not very far to go in order to hear such phrases as " he is a - going , I am a - coming , " & c . , in- stead of the more usual " he is going , I ...
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