 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...  Transactions of the American Philological Association - Page 3by American Philological Association - 1881Full view - About this book
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1861 - 422 pages
...to the individuals, families, clans, tribes, nations or races by whom they are or have been spoken. In the course of these considerations, we had to lay...second denies the possibility of a mixed language. These two axioms are, in reality, but one, as we shall see when we examine them more closely. There... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1862 - 454 pages
...to the individuals, families, clans, tribes, nations, or races by whom they are or have been spoken. In the course of these considerations, we had to lay...second denies the possibility of a mixed language. These two axioms arc, in reality, but one, as we shall see when we examine them more closely. There... | |
 | William Lindsay Alexander, John Kitto - 1864 - 936 pages
...theory in regard to the NT Greek lies. Max Müller justly affirms that the grammar of a language is ' the most essential element, and therefore the ground...have produced a definite grammatical articulation ' (Lectures on ike Science of Language, p. 74). Now the grammar of the Septuagint and NT, in very many... | |
 | 1865 - 1024 pages
...construct an intelligible sentence. Hence the great axiom in the science of language " that grammar is the most essential element, and therefore the ground...languages •which have produced a definite grammatical articulation."f Applying this rule to the Urdu, we find that in Hindvi there are several works which... | |
 | 1875 - 526 pages
...volume examines the fundamental axioms _L of Mr. MAX MCLLER'S School of Philology. The first of these ' declares grammar to be the most essential element,...articulation ; the second denies the possibility of a mixed langimge.' These statements have been admitted as axioms, but surely their truth, which is far from... | |
 | James Cresswell Clough - 1876 - 272 pages
...public, to whom he offers his work for what it may be worth. STATEMENTS TO BE EXAMINED. '!N THE COUKSE of these considerations we had to lay down two axioms,...second denies the possibility of a mixed language.' l ' Taking the actual number of words from a good English dictionary, the sum total will be over 100,000.... | |
 | James Cresswell Clough - 1876 - 192 pages
...considerations we had to lay down two axioms, to which we shall frequently have to appeal in the progre8s of our investigations. The first declares grammar...second denies the possibility of a mixed language.'' 'Taking the actual number of words from a good English dictionary, the sum total will be over 100,000.... | |
 | Manuel de Mello - 1889 - 368 pages
...pode reconstruir-se neste seculo pelos documentos e pelos testimunhos genuinos, interpretados pela frequently have to appeal in the progress of our investigations....second denies the possibility of a mixed language ». — « In the science of language, genealogical classification must rest chiefly on the formal... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1891 - 636 pages
...tribes, nations, or races by whom they are or have been spoken. Grammar, the principle of classification. In the course of these considerations, we had to lay...second denies the possibility of a mixed language. No Mixed Language. These two axioms are, in reality, but one, as we shall see when we examine them... | |
 | George van Driem - 2001 - 496 pages
...altogether different story. Müller wrote that the historical linguist is compelled to lay down two axioms: The first declares grammar to be the most essential...second denies the possibility of a mixed language. These two axioms are, in reality, but one, as we shall see when we examine them more closely. There... | |
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