Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ... 1861 [and 1863].C. Scribner andcompany, 1866 |
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... is an historical science . Language is here treated simply as a means . The classical scholar uses Greek or Latin , the oriental scholar Hebrew or San- skrit , or any other language , as a key 32 COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY .
... is an historical science . Language is here treated simply as a means . The classical scholar uses Greek or Latin , the oriental scholar Hebrew or San- skrit , or any other language , as a key 32 COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY .
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... Hebrew , Arabic , and Syriac , with several minor dialects , are but different impres- sions of one and the same common type , and must all have flowed from the same source , the original lan- guage of the Semitic race ; and if we add ...
... Hebrew , Arabic , and Syriac , with several minor dialects , are but different impres- sions of one and the same common type , and must all have flowed from the same source , the original lan- guage of the Semitic race ; and if we add ...
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... Hebrew and Syriac . Together with the Koran , and their law and religion , the Turks learned from the Arabs , their conquerors , many of the arts and sciences connected with a more advanced stage of civilization . Arabic became to the ...
... Hebrew and Syriac . Together with the Koran , and their law and religion , the Turks learned from the Arabs , their conquerors , many of the arts and sciences connected with a more advanced stage of civilization . Arabic became to the ...
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Friedrich Max Müller. - England . Latin , Greek , Hebrew , Celtic , Saxon , Dan- ish , French , Spanish , Italian , German — nay , even Hin- dustani , Malay , and Chinese words , lie mixed together in the English dictionary . On the ...
Friedrich Max Müller. - England . Latin , Greek , Hebrew , Celtic , Saxon , Dan- ish , French , Spanish , Italian , German — nay , even Hin- dustani , Malay , and Chinese words , lie mixed together in the English dictionary . On the ...
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... Hebrew , the simple division . into sacred and profane , or classical and oriental , sufficed . But when theologians extended their studies to Arabic , Chaldee , and Syriac , a step , and a very important step , was made towards the ...
... Hebrew , the simple division . into sacred and profane , or classical and oriental , sufficed . But when theologians extended their studies to Arabic , Chaldee , and Syriac , a step , and a very important step , was made towards the ...
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