Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in April, May, and June, 1861Scribner, Armstrong, 1874 - 4 pages |
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... applied to it would be that which is followed in the history of art , of law , of politics , and religion . However , the title of com- parative philology must not be allowed to mislead us . It is difficult to say by whom that title was ...
... applied to it would be that which is followed in the history of art , of law , of politics , and religion . However , the title of com- parative philology must not be allowed to mislead us . It is difficult to say by whom that title was ...
Page 52
... applied to shi , applies again to eúl - shi . As soon as you change it , by adding or dropping a single letter , it is no longer twenty , but either something else or nothing . We find exactly the same in other languages which , like ...
... applied to shi , applies again to eúl - shi . As soon as you change it , by adding or dropping a single letter , it is no longer twenty , but either something else or nothing . We find exactly the same in other languages which , like ...
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... not object to the names of parent and daughter as applied to languages ; only we must not allow such apparently clear and simple terms to cover obscure and vague conceptions . Now if we call Ital- 66 MODERN LANGUAGES .
... not object to the names of parent and daughter as applied to languages ; only we must not allow such apparently clear and simple terms to cover obscure and vague conceptions . Now if we call Ital- 66 MODERN LANGUAGES .
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... applied to a tree , that we have a right to speak of the growth of language . If that modification which takes place in time by con- tinually new combinations of given elements , which withdraws itself from the control of free agents ...
... applied to a tree , that we have a right to speak of the growth of language . If that modification which takes place in time by con- tinually new combinations of given elements , which withdraws itself from the control of free agents ...
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... is a distinction between what is called history and growth . We determined the true meaning of growth , as applied to language , and perceived how it was independent of the caprice of man , and governed by laws that could be discovered 6.
... is a distinction between what is called history and growth . We determined the true meaning of growth , as applied to language , and perceived how it was independent of the caprice of man , and governed by laws that could be discovered 6.
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