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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Page 43
... night ( po ) of coughing ( mare ) , ” only the first word , po , has been dropped , mi being used in its place . So in Ai - mata ( eye - eater ) , the name of the present queen , the ai ( eat ) has been altered to amu , and the mata ...
... night ( po ) of coughing ( mare ) , ” only the first word , po , has been dropped , mi being used in its place . So in Ai - mata ( eye - eater ) , the name of the present queen , the ai ( eat ) has been altered to amu , and the mata ...
Page 45
... night , from ruki , dark ; fene , six , from hene ; avae , moon , from ka- wake . " " It is evident that but for the rule by which the old terms are revived on the death of the person in whose name they entered , the language might , in ...
... night , from ruki , dark ; fene , six , from hene ; avae , moon , from ka- wake . " " It is evident that but for the rule by which the old terms are revived on the death of the person in whose name they entered , the language might , in ...
Page 191
... night requires less expenditure of muscular energy than näght or Nacht , as pronounced in Scot- land and in Germany ; and hence , as people always buy in the cheapest market , night found more cus- tomers than the more expensive terms ...
... night requires less expenditure of muscular energy than näght or Nacht , as pronounced in Scot- land and in Germany ; and hence , as people always buy in the cheapest market , night found more cus- tomers than the more expensive terms ...
Page 229
... night being naht in Gothic . On the same ground , st in star and stella could not appear in Gothic as th , but remain st as in stairnó . In selecting words to illustrate each of the nine cases in which the dislocation of consonants has ...
... night being naht in Gothic . On the same ground , st in star and stella could not appear in Gothic as th , but remain st as in stairnó . In selecting words to illustrate each of the nine cases in which the dislocation of consonants has ...
Page 371
... night , for old age and for the fall of the year . We must now endeavor to distinguish between two kinds of metaphor , which I call radical and poetical . I call it radical metaphor when a root which means to shine is applied to form ...
... night , for old age and for the fall of the year . We must now endeavor to distinguish between two kinds of metaphor , which I call radical and poetical . I call it radical metaphor when a root which means to shine is applied to form ...
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