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And even if the mere local varieties of speech were not considered sufficient
ground for excluding language from the domain of natural science , there would
still remain the greater 1 Names in ic , are names of classes as distinct from the ...
And even if the mere local varieties of speech were not considered sufficient
ground for excluding language from the domain of natural science , there would
still remain the greater 1 Names in ic , are names of classes as distinct from the ...
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T tinct word , and it lost at the same time its distinct pronunciation . Mente , the
ablative of mens , was changed into ment , and was preserved as a merely formal
element , as the termination of adverbs , even in cases where a recollection of the
...
T tinct word , and it lost at the same time its distinct pronunciation . Mente , the
ablative of mens , was changed into ment , and was preserved as a merely formal
element , as the termination of adverbs , even in cases where a recollection of the
...
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For practical purposes the dialects of America are 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
intelligent ...
For practical purposes the dialects of America are 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
intelligent ...
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Iceland has remained almost the same for seven centuries , whereas on its native
soil , and surrounded by local dialects , it has grown into two distinct languages ,
the Swedish and Danish . In the eleventh century , the languages of Sweden ...
Iceland has remained almost the same for seven centuries , whereas on its native
soil , and surrounded by local dialects , it has grown into two distinct languages ,
the Swedish and Danish . In the eleventh century , the languages of Sweden ...
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... and still more , of groups of consonants , entails on the speaker : but we can
see 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 ...
... and still more , of groups of consonants , entails on the speaker : but we can
see 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 ...
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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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