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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Page 43
... there would still remain the greater - 1 Names in ic , are names of classes as distinct from the names of single anguage . difficulty of reconciling with the recognized principles of physical science HISTORY OF LANGUAGE . 43.
... there would still remain the greater - 1 Names in ic , are names of classes as distinct from the names of single anguage . difficulty of reconciling with the recognized principles of physical science HISTORY OF LANGUAGE . 43.
Page 56
... distinct word , it has not as yet been affected by phonetic corruption ; and in Spanish it is sometimes used as a distinct word , though even then it cannot be said to have retained its distinct meaning . Thus , instead of saying ...
... distinct word , it has not as yet been affected by phonetic corruption ; and in Spanish it is sometimes used as a distinct word , though even then it cannot be said to have retained its distinct meaning . Thus , instead of saying ...
Page 63
... 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 intel- ligent observers . If we turn our eyes to Burmah ...
... 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 intel- ligent observers . If we turn our eyes to Burmah ...
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... distinct languages , the Swedish and Danish . In the eleventh century , the languages of Sweden , Denmark , and Iceland are supposed to have been identical , nor can we appeal to foreign conquest , or to the admixture of foreign with ...
... distinct languages , the Swedish and Danish . In the eleventh century , the languages of Sweden , Denmark , and Iceland are supposed to have been identical , nor can we appeal to foreign conquest , or to the admixture of foreign with ...
Page 73
... 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 is always dropped in the Romance dialects , and it was dropped even in ...
... 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 is always dropped in the Romance dialects , and it was dropped even in ...
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