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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... as slaves in general . This corroborates the statement of ancient authors , whose description of a people inhabiting the interior regions of Northern rated from its relatives by the intrusion of the second NEW THEORIES . 19.
... as slaves in general . This corroborates the statement of ancient authors , whose description of a people inhabiting the interior regions of Northern rated from its relatives by the intrusion of the second NEW THEORIES . 19.
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... ancient times the ideas of relationship and descent were not confined to living beings . People living near the Elbe might well be called the sons of the Elbe or Albings , as , for instance , the Nordalbingi in Holstein . Many of the ...
... ancient times the ideas of relationship and descent were not confined to living beings . People living near the Elbe might well be called the sons of the Elbe or Albings , as , for instance , the Nordalbingi in Holstein . Many of the ...
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... ancient forma- tions , and that what has been found to be true on a small scale may be true on a larger scale . But the same illustration may also serve as a warning . There is much in the Science of Language to tempt us to overstep the ...
... ancient forma- tions , and that what has been found to be true on a small scale may be true on a larger scale . But the same illustration may also serve as a warning . There is much in the Science of Language to tempt us to overstep the ...
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... ancient Sanskrit or Hebrew . childhood of language with all its childish freaks , and we learn at least this one lesson , that there is more in language than is dreamt of in our philos- ophy . 1 Appleyard , L. c . p . 70 . We watch the ...
... ancient Sanskrit or Hebrew . childhood of language with all its childish freaks , and we learn at least this one lesson , that there is more in language than is dreamt of in our philos- ophy . 1 Appleyard , L. c . p . 70 . We watch the ...
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... principles of Mythology , both ancient and modern , and to determine the sway , if any , which language as such exercises over our thoughts . LECTURE IL LANGUAGE AND REASON . - THE division of 52 DIVISION OF LECTURES .
... principles of Mythology , both ancient and modern , and to determine the sway , if any , which language as such exercises over our thoughts . LECTURE IL LANGUAGE AND REASON . - THE division of 52 DIVISION OF LECTURES .
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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