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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... doubts at the present moment whether an ammonite be a work of nature and a flint- head a work of art . It is ... doubt , may sometimes be tedious , but it has one good effect , it leads us to examine carefully the ground on which ...
... doubts at the present moment whether an ammonite be a work of nature and a flint- head a work of art . It is ... doubt , may sometimes be tedious , but it has one good effect , it leads us to examine carefully the ground on which ...
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... doubt , the same circum- spectness which is the great charm of geological reasoning . A few instances will make my meaning clearer . They will show how the solution of some of the most difficult problems of Comparative Grammar may be ...
... doubt , the same circum- spectness which is the great charm of geological reasoning . A few instances will make my meaning clearer . They will show how the solution of some of the most difficult problems of Comparative Grammar may be ...
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... doubt the evidence on which the relationship of French and Italian , of Greek and Latin , of Lithu anian and Sanskrit , of Hebrew and Arabic , has been established , is the most satisfactory ; but such evi- dence is possible only in ...
... doubt the evidence on which the relationship of French and Italian , of Greek and Latin , of Lithu anian and Sanskrit , of Hebrew and Arabic , has been established , is the most satisfactory ; but such evi- dence is possible only in ...
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... doubt , be said that the Te pi is a mere accident , a fancy peculiar to a fanciful race , but far too unimportant to claim any consideration from the philosophical student of language . I con- fess that at first it appeared to myself in ...
... doubt , be said that the Te pi is a mere accident , a fancy peculiar to a fanciful race , but far too unimportant to claim any consideration from the philosophical student of language . I con- fess that at first it appeared to myself in ...
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... himself with the greatest confidence on the value of what he calls his Spécieuse Générale , and we can hardly doubt that he had then acquired a perfectly clear in- sight into his ideal of a universal language.1 " If 51 ARTIFICIAL LANGUAGE .
... himself with the greatest confidence on the value of what he calls his Spécieuse Générale , and we can hardly doubt that he had then acquired a perfectly clear in- sight into his ideal of a universal language.1 " If 51 ARTIFICIAL LANGUAGE .
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Agni Alphabet ancient Angiras Anglo-Saxon Aryan languages aspirates Asvins breath bright called conception consonantal consonants cows Curtius dawn deity dental derived dialects distinct divine doubt Dyaus earth English etymology express father French German glottis gods Gothic Grammar Grammatik Greek Grimm Grimm's law guage guttural heaven hence Homer horse hymn idea Indra Italian Kafir Kuhn Kuhn's Zeitschrift labial Latin letters likewise Maruts meaning meant originally metaphor mind modern mother myth mythology nations nature never night noun Old High-German Old Norse philosophers phonetic poets Polynesian pronounced Rig-Veda Roman root Sanskrit Sarama Saranyû Savitar Saxon scholars Science of Language sense skrit Slavonic soft sonant sound speak speech spiritus asper spiritus lenis spoken supposed syllable tenuis Teutonic things thought tion tongue trace Tuisco twins Varuna Veda verb vibrations Vivasvat vowels words Yama Zeus δὲ καὶ τῶν