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... probably belongd to the begining of our era ) showed certain differences in letters and words ( the insertion or omission of the He local , the insertion or omission of connecting Waw , the writing of the third personal pronoun with Waw ...
... probably belongd to the begining of our era ) showed certain differences in letters and words ( the insertion or omission of the He local , the insertion or omission of connecting Waw , the writing of the third personal pronoun with Waw ...
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... of that time , whether in the composition of original works , or in the compilation of prose narratives or books of poetry , would probably freely employ their own usage , and not scrupl to change expressions 20 C. H. Toy ,
... of that time , whether in the composition of original works , or in the compilation of prose narratives or books of poetry , would probably freely employ their own usage , and not scrupl to change expressions 20 C. H. Toy ,
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... probably the Aramaic uno before suffixes , but sometimes u , as in Assyrian unu ; before suffixes Aramaic shows the full form uno in the Perfect also , whence we may infer an original una for both Perfect and Imperfect . That this is ...
... probably the Aramaic uno before suffixes , but sometimes u , as in Assyrian unu ; before suffixes Aramaic shows the full form uno in the Perfect also , whence we may infer an original una for both Perfect and Imperfect . That this is ...
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... probably exhibit with tolerabl faithfulness the dialect of their authors , the general conclusion is that the un was obsolescent , but stil a recog- nized and even favorit expression of solemn and elevated style . For the usage of ...
... probably exhibit with tolerabl faithfulness the dialect of their authors , the general conclusion is that the un was obsolescent , but stil a recog- nized and even favorit expression of solemn and elevated style . For the usage of ...
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... probably an accident of the editor's feeling that gives the un to both verbs in the first case , and only to one in the second . In both these passages , however , a doubt may arise from the fact that the speakers ar foreigners in whose ...
... probably an accident of the editor's feeling that gives the un to both verbs in the first case , and only to one in the second . In both these passages , however , a doubt may arise from the fact that the speakers ar foreigners in whose ...
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Anglo-Saxon aorist aorist participle appears Arabian Arabic Aramaic Arameans Babylonia borrowed certainly o.G. character Charles common Conn consonant corresponds dialects dropt epenthesis example facts final fonetic French fricatives genitive German grammar Greek Harvard University Hebrew Herodotus Homer initial inscriptions Johns Hopkins University Lafayette College language Latin linguistic Mass MEDIAL mixed mixed language mixture Müller mutes nasals nouns occurs Old English Old High-German original Ormulum palate participle passage phonetic preceding present primitive Semites probably Professor pronounced pronunciation race reference represented restord Roman Seminary Semitic session Sihler sound speech spelling Strabo suppose syllable theze Thucydides tion tongue tradition umlaut verb vocabulary vowel W. D. Whitney wanting in A.S. wanting in O.H.G. Whitney William words writing writn Yale College ἐν ἐς καὶ κτλ ὅτι τε τὴν τῆς τοῦ τῶν
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Page 80 - His quidam signis atque haec exempla secuti Esse apibus partem divinae mentis et haustus 220 Aetherios dixere ; deum namque ire per omnes Terrasque tractusque maris caelumque profundum...
Page 95 - Teutonic speech, back to about the seventh century after Christ. We must not suppose that before that time there was one common Teutonic language spoken by all German tribes, and that it afterwards diverged into two streams, — the High and Low. There never was a common, uniform, Teutonic language ; nor is there any evidence to show that there existed at any time a uniform High-German or Low-German language, from which all High-German and Low-German dialects are respectively derived.
Page 4 - There is hardly a language which in one sense may not be called a mixed language. No nation or tribe was ever so completely isolated as not to admit the importation 'of a certain number of foreign words.
Page 100 - Now the reason why scholars have discovered no more than these two or three great families of speech is very simple. There were no more, and we cannot make more. Families of languages are very peculiar formations ; they are, and they must be, the exception, not the rule, in the growth of language.
Page 31 - Committee of ten, composed of the above officers and five other members of the Association. 3. All the above officers shall be elected at the last session of each annual meeting. ARTICLE III. — MEETINGS. 1. There shall be an annual meeting of the Association in the city of New York, or at such other place as at a preceding annual meeting shall be deter* mined upon.
Page 3 - In the course of these considerations, we had to lay down two axioms, to which we shall frequently have to appeal in the progress of our investigations. The first declares grammar to be the most essential element, and therefore the ground of classification in all languages which have produced a definite grammatical articulation ; the second denies the possibility of a mixed language.
Page 109 - Since, lie pointed out, each person has two parents, four grandparents, eight greatgrandparents, and so on, the numbers doubling with each generation, and becoming, even in the limited period between us and the patriarch Joseph, expressible only by a row of figures reaching clear across the page, it follows that there must have been vastly more people living some thousands of years ago than there are at present. Here we have, rea,dy made and provided, tlic infinitely numerous " confederacies, clans,...
Page 80 - Greek philosophic writers as prevailed at the end of the Republic and at the beginning of the Augustan age.
Page 7 - The Auditing committee reported that the accounts of the Treasurer had been examined, and that proper vouchers and a balance of $37.60 had been found.
Page 18 - Pa. Professor Basil L. Gildersleeve, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. Professor William W. Goodwin, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.