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... the Teutonic , and Slavonic languages , together likewise with the ancient
dialects of India and Persia , must have sprung from an earlier language , the
mother of the whole Indo - European or Aryan family of speech ; if we see how
Hebrew ...
... the Teutonic , and Slavonic languages , together likewise with the ancient
dialects of India and Persia , must have sprung from an earlier language , the
mother of the whole Indo - European or Aryan family of speech ; if we see how
Hebrew ...
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We have reason to believe that the same changes take place with even greater
violence and rapidity in the dialects of savage tribes , although , in the absence of
a written literature , it is extremely difficult to obtain trustworthy information , But ...
We have reason to believe that the same changes take place with even greater
violence and rapidity in the dialects of savage tribes , although , in the absence of
a written literature , it is extremely difficult to obtain trustworthy information , But ...
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regeneration we must first see clearly what we mean by dialect . We saw before
that ... forms as of speech . The real and natural life of language is in its dialects ,
and in spite of the tyranny exercised by the classical or literary idioms , the day is
...
regeneration we must first see clearly what we mean by dialect . We saw before
that ... forms as of speech . The real and natural life of language is in its dialects ,
and in spite of the tyranny exercised by the classical or literary idioms , the day is
...
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But let us take a language which , though not without a literature , has been less
under the influence of classical writers than Italian or French , and we shall then
see at once how abundant the growth of dialects ! The Friesian , which is spoken
...
But let us take a language which , though not without a literature , has been less
under the influence of classical writers than Italian or French , and we shall then
see at once how abundant the growth of dialects ! The Friesian , which is spoken
...
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but one out of many dialects , though , no doubt , the most important ; and the
same holds good with regard to all so - called literary languages . It is a mistake
to imagine that dialects are everywhere corruptions of the literary language .
Even in ...
but one out of many dialects , though , no doubt , the most important ; and the
same holds good with regard to all so - called literary languages . It is a mistake
to imagine that dialects are everywhere corruptions of the literary language .
Even in ...
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| Title | Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ...1861 [and 1863], Volume 1 Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ...1861 [and 1863], Friedrich Max Müller |
| Author | Friedrich Max Müller |
| Publisher | C. Scribner, 1866 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2009 |
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