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The termination of the third person singular in th is now entirely replaced by No
one now says he liveth , but only he lives . Several of the irregular imperfects and
participles have assumed a new form . No one now uses he spake , and he ...
The termination of the third person singular in th is now entirely replaced by No
one now says he liveth , but only he lives . Several of the irregular imperfects and
participles have assumed a new form . No one now uses he spake , and he ...
Page 64
... and that while the literary language of the Mongolians has no terminations for
the persons of the verb , that characteristic feature of Turanian speech had lately
broken out in the spoken dialects of the Buriates and in the Tungusic idioms near
...
... and that while the literary language of the Mongolians has no terminations for
the persons of the verb , that characteristic feature of Turanian speech had lately
broken out in the spoken dialects of the Buriates and in the Tungusic idioms near
...
Page 71
... only local and provincial , but also class dialects . There is a dialect of
shepherds , of sportsmen , of soldiers , of farmers . I suppose there are few
persons here present who could tell the exact meaning of a horse's poll , crest ,
withers , dock ...
... only local and provincial , but also class dialects . There is a dialect of
shepherds , of sportsmen , of soldiers , of farmers . I suppose there are few
persons here present who could tell the exact meaning of a horse's poll , crest ,
withers , dock ...
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Thus the auxiliary verb in Latin was very irregular . If sumus is we are , and sunt ,
they are , the second person , you are , ought to have been , at least according to
the strict logic of children , sutis . This , no doubt , sounds very barbarous to a ...
Thus the auxiliary verb in Latin was very irregular . If sumus is we are , and sunt ,
they are , the second person , you are , ought to have been , at least according to
the strict logic of children , sutis . This , no doubt , sounds very barbarous to a ...
Page 76
Even in Anglo - Saxon , the third person plural , sind , has by a false analogy
been transferred to the first and second persons ; and instead of the modern
English , in Old Norse . in Gothic . we are ër - um sijuin1 ër - udh sijuth they are ër
- u ...
Even in Anglo - Saxon , the third person plural , sind , has by a false analogy
been transferred to the first and second persons ; and instead of the modern
English , in Old Norse . in Gothic . we are ër - um sijuin1 ër - udh sijuth they are ër
- u ...
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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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