Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ... 1861 [and 1863].C. Scribner andcompany, 1866 |
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... Europe , receive quite different names in the different Friesian Islands . Thus , in Amrum , father is called aatj ; on the Halligs , baba or babe ; in Sylt , foder or vaar ; in many districts on the main - land , täte ; in the eastern ...
... Europe , receive quite different names in the different Friesian Islands . Thus , in Amrum , father is called aatj ; on the Halligs , baba or babe ; in Sylt , foder or vaar ; in many districts on the main - land , täte ; in the eastern ...
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... Europe . A botanist , again , comparing several specimens of rye , would find it difficult to account for their respective peculiarities , unless he knew that in some parts of the world this plant has been cultivated for centuries ...
... Europe . A botanist , again , comparing several specimens of rye , would find it difficult to account for their respective peculiarities , unless he knew that in some parts of the world this plant has been cultivated for centuries ...
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... the Hellenic , Italic , Iranic , and Indic classes constitute the great Indo- European or Aryan family of speech . In the Eng- lish dictionary the student of the science of language can detect , by his own tests , Celtic ,
... the Hellenic , Italic , Iranic , and Indic classes constitute the great Indo- European or Aryan family of speech . In the Eng- lish dictionary the student of the science of language can detect , by his own tests , Celtic ,
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... European or Aryan family of speech . A large infusion of Persian words thus found its way into Arabic , and through Arabic into Turkish ; and the result is that at the present moment the Turkish language , as spoken by the higher ranks ...
... European or Aryan family of speech . A large infusion of Persian words thus found its way into Arabic , and through Arabic into Turkish ; and the result is that at the present moment the Turkish language , as spoken by the higher ranks ...
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... Europe was not attempted before the six- teenth century by Henry Estienne , 2 was perfectly familiar to the Brahmans , at least 500 B. C. The Greeks , though they did not raise language to the rank of a deity , paid her , nevertheless ...
... Europe was not attempted before the six- teenth century by Henry Estienne , 2 was perfectly familiar to the Brahmans , at least 500 B. C. The Greeks , though they did not raise language to the rank of a deity , paid her , nevertheless ...
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