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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... ... LECTURE V. 115 THE GENEALOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF LANGUAGES ... 166 LECTURE VI . COMPARATIVE GRAMMAR LECTURE VII . THE CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS OF LANGUAGE . .... 214 250 LECTURE VIII . Page THE MORPHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF LANGUAGES ..
... ... LECTURE V. 115 THE GENEALOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF LANGUAGES ... 166 LECTURE VI . COMPARATIVE GRAMMAR LECTURE VII . THE CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS OF LANGUAGE . .... 214 250 LECTURE VIII . Page THE MORPHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF LANGUAGES ..
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... grammar and the dic- tionary which form the subject of his inquiries . These he consults and subjects to a careful analysis , but he does not encumber his memory with paradigms of nouns and verbs , or with long lists of words which have ...
... grammar and the dic- tionary which form the subject of his inquiries . These he consults and subjects to a careful analysis , but he does not encumber his memory with paradigms of nouns and verbs , or with long lists of words which have ...
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... Grammar.8 It is argued , therefore , that as language , differing thereby from all other productions of nature , is liable to historical alterations , it is not fit to be treated in the 1 Marsh , p . 589 . 2 Sir J. Stoddart , Glossology ...
... Grammar.8 It is argued , therefore , that as language , differing thereby from all other productions of nature , is liable to historical alterations , it is not fit to be treated in the 1 Marsh , p . 589 . 2 Sir J. Stoddart , Glossology ...
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... meaning a - two ; so that , for instance , discussion means , origi- 1 Bopp , Comparative Grammar , § 320. Schleicher , Deutsche Sprache , s . 233 . nally , striking a - two , different from percussion 52 PHONETIC DECAY .
... meaning a - two ; so that , for instance , discussion means , origi- 1 Bopp , Comparative Grammar , § 320. Schleicher , Deutsche Sprache , s . 233 . nally , striking a - two , different from percussion 52 PHONETIC DECAY .
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... grammar . But these laws were not made by man ; on the contrary , man had to obey them with- out knowing of their existence . In the growth of the modern Romance languages out of Latin , we can perceive not only a general ten- dency to ...
... grammar . But these laws were not made by man ; on the contrary , man had to obey them with- out knowing of their existence . In the growth of the modern Romance languages out of Latin , we can perceive not only a general ten- dency to ...
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