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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... words , such as , æpeling , a man of rank ; lyteling , an infant ; niðing , a bad man . This ing being fre- quently preceded by another suffix , the l , we arrive at the very common derivative ling , in such words as darling , hireling ...
... words , such as , æpeling , a man of rank ; lyteling , an infant ; niðing , a bad man . This ing being fre- quently preceded by another suffix , the l , we arrive at the very common derivative ling , in such words as darling , hireling ...
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... words which at first seemed totally irreconcilable . Let those who are in- clined to speak disparagingly of the strict observ- ance of phonetic rules in tracing the history of Aryan words , and who consider it mere pedantry to be ...
... words which at first seemed totally irreconcilable . Let those who are in- clined to speak disparagingly of the strict observ- ance of phonetic rules in tracing the history of Aryan words , and who consider it mere pedantry to be ...
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... words or meanings.2 These meanings are now kept distinct by means of com- position , as in other languages by derivation , but in the radical stage words with more than twenty sig- nifications would have bewildered the hearer entirely ...
... words or meanings.2 These meanings are now kept distinct by means of com- position , as in other languages by derivation , but in the radical stage words with more than twenty sig- nifications would have bewildered the hearer entirely ...
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... words than in literary languages , and I have since received ample evidence to confirm the views which I then expressed . My excellent friend , the Bishop of Melanesia , of whom it is difficult to say whether we should ad- mire him most ...
... words than in literary languages , and I have since received ample evidence to confirm the views which I then expressed . My excellent friend , the Bishop of Melanesia , of whom it is difficult to say whether we should ad- mire him most ...
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... words , which occur in conversa- tion , had been entirely changed . It is not necessary that all the simple words which go to make up a compound name should be changed . The alteration of one is esteemed sufficient . Thus in Po - mare ...
... words , which occur in conversa- tion , had been entirely changed . It is not necessary that all the simple words which go to make up a compound name should be changed . The alteration of one is esteemed sufficient . Thus in Po - mare ...
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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