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... yet the mass of human speech that lies before us , whether in the petrified
strata of ancient literature or in the countless variety of living lan? guages and
dialects , offers a field as large , if not larger , than any other branch of physical
research ...
... yet the mass of human speech that lies before us , whether in the petrified
strata of ancient literature or in the countless variety of living lan? guages and
dialects , offers a field as large , if not larger , than any other branch of physical
research ...
Page 40
But with the exception of this small class of philosophers , more orthodox even
than the Bible , 2 the generally received opinion on the origin of lan« guage is
that which was held by Locke , which was powerfully advocated by Adam Smith
in ...
But with the exception of this small class of philosophers , more orthodox even
than the Bible , 2 the generally received opinion on the origin of lan« guage is
that which was held by Locke , which was powerfully advocated by Adam Smith
in ...
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The English lan= guage was never Celtic , the Celtic never grew into Saxon , nor
the Saxon into Norman , nor the Norman into English . The history of the Celtic
language runs on to the present day . It matters not whether it be spoken by all
the ...
The English lan= guage was never Celtic , the Celtic never grew into Saxon , nor
the Saxon into Norman , nor the Norman into English . The history of the Celtic
language runs on to the present day . It matters not whether it be spoken by all
the ...
Page 115
... which would seem to prove that there must be some true and natural
foundation for the muchabused grammatical system of the schools . The Hindús
are the LECTURE IV THE CLASSIFICATORY STAGE IN THE SCIENCE OF LAN-
GUAGE.
... which would seem to prove that there must be some true and natural
foundation for the muchabused grammatical system of the schools . The Hindús
are the LECTURE IV THE CLASSIFICATORY STAGE IN THE SCIENCE OF LAN-
GUAGE.
Page 118
In the more ancient Chinese ( Kouwen ) the words used for the same purpose are
i ( to employ , etc. ) , iu , iu , hou . Ex . i ( employing ) jin ( mankind ) t'sun ( he
guages which have more terminations even than Greek and Latin 118
EMPIRICAL ...
In the more ancient Chinese ( Kouwen ) the words used for the same purpose are
i ( to employ , etc. ) , iu , iu , hou . Ex . i ( employing ) jin ( mankind ) t'sun ( he
guages which have more terminations even than Greek and Latin 118
EMPIRICAL ...
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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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