Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in ... 1861 [and 1863], Volume 2C. Scribner, 1869 |
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... character that he would certainly have been the first to acknowledge his mistake , had he been spared to continue his studies . Though his skepticism was occasion- ally uncritical and unfair , his loss is a severe loss to our studies ...
... character that he would certainly have been the first to acknowledge his mistake , had he been spared to continue his studies . Though his skepticism was occasion- ally uncritical and unfair , his loss is a severe loss to our studies ...
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... characters were to be read horizontally or perpendicularly , from right to left , or from left to right . Lichtenberg maintained that they must be read in the same direction as Hebrew . Grotefend , in 1802 , proved that the letters ...
... characters were to be read horizontally or perpendicularly , from right to left , or from left to right . Lichtenberg maintained that they must be read in the same direction as Hebrew . Grotefend , in 1802 , proved that the letters ...
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... character of the substan- tive is almost , if not entirely , lost . Now , if we look to Anglo - Saxon , we find the ter- mination ing used- 1. To form patronymics ; for instance , Godvulf- ing , the son of Godvulf . In the A. S. ...
... character of the substan- tive is almost , if not entirely , lost . Now , if we look to Anglo - Saxon , we find the ter- mination ing used- 1. To form patronymics ; for instance , Godvulf- ing , the son of Godvulf . In the A. S. ...
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... character- istics when he has to deal with London clay , with Oxford clay , or with old red sandstone , the student of language , too , must be prepared for different for- mations , even though he confines himself to one stage in the ...
... character- istics when he has to deal with London clay , with Oxford clay , or with old red sandstone , the student of language , too , must be prepared for different for- mations , even though he confines himself to one stage in the ...
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... and these Prâkrit dialects first assumed a literary position in the Sanskrit plays where female characters , both high and low , are introduced as speaking Prâkrit , instead of the Sanskrit employed by kings , noblemen , and 46 UKUHLONIPA .
... and these Prâkrit dialects first assumed a literary position in the Sanskrit plays where female characters , both high and low , are introduced as speaking Prâkrit , instead of the Sanskrit employed by kings , noblemen , and 46 UKUHLONIPA .
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