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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Page 43
... natural science , there would still remain the greater - 1 Names in ic , are names of classes as distinct from the names of single languages . + · 7 difficulty of reconciling with the recognized principles of HISTORY OF LANGUAGE . 43.
... natural science , there would still remain the greater - 1 Names in ic , are names of classes as distinct from the names of single languages . + · 7 difficulty of reconciling with the recognized principles of HISTORY OF LANGUAGE . 43.
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... distinct pro- nunciation . Mente , the ablative of mens , was changed into ment , and was preserved as a merely ... distinct word , it has not as yet been affected by phonetic corruption ; and in Spanish it is sometimes used as a ...
... distinct pro- nunciation . Mente , the ablative of mens , was changed into ment , and was preserved as a merely ... distinct word , it has not as yet been affected by phonetic corruption ; and in Spanish it is sometimes used as a ...
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... distinct dialects , and the people who speak them are mutually unintelligible . We hear the same observations everywhere where the rank growth of dialects has been watched by intel- ligent observers . If we turn our eyes to Burmah , we ...
... distinct dialects , and the people who speak them are mutually unintelligible . We hear the same observations everywhere where the rank growth of dialects has been watched by intel- ligent observers . If we turn our eyes to Burmah , we ...
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... distinct languages , the Swedish and Danish . In the eleventh century , the languages of Sweden , Denmark , and Iceland are supposed1 to have been identical , nor can we appeal to foreign conquest , or to the admixture of foreign with ...
... distinct languages , the Swedish and Danish . In the eleventh century , the languages of Sweden , Denmark , and Iceland are supposed1 to have been identical , nor can we appeal to foreign conquest , or to the admixture of foreign with ...
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... distinct laws for each of the Romance dialects , which enable us to say , that in French the Latin patrem would naturally grow into the modern père . The final m is always dropped in the Romance dialects , and it was dropped even in ...
... distinct laws for each of the Romance dialects , which enable us to say , that in French the Latin patrem would naturally grow into the modern père . The final m is always dropped in the Romance dialects , and it was dropped even in ...
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