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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... of applying the princi- ple of classification to the varieties of human speech . They only distinguished between Greek on one side , and all other languages on the other , comprehended under 124 GENEALOGICAL CLASSIFICATION .
... of applying the princi- ple of classification to the varieties of human speech . They only distinguished between Greek on one side , and all other languages on the other , comprehended under 124 GENEALOGICAL CLASSIFICATION .
Page 126
... distinguished by Strabo from Illyrians ( Diefen- bach , p . 65 ) , from Celts ( ibid . ) , and from Scythians ( Thuc . ii . 96 ) . What we know of their language rests on a statement of Strabo ( vii . 303 , 305 ) , that the Thracians ...
... distinguished by Strabo from Illyrians ( Diefen- bach , p . 65 ) , from Celts ( ibid . ) , and from Scythians ( Thuc . ii . 96 ) . What we know of their language rests on a statement of Strabo ( vii . 303 , 305 ) , that the Thracians ...
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... distinguished of living natu- ralists : - " The antiquarian recognizes at once the workings of intelligence in the remains of an ancient civilization . He may fail to ascertain their age correctly , he may remain doubtful as to the ...
... distinguished of living natu- ralists : - " The antiquarian recognizes at once the workings of intelligence in the remains of an ancient civilization . He may fail to ascertain their age correctly , he may remain doubtful as to the ...
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... distinguished between a Japhetic and Aramaic class , the former occupying the north , the latter the south , of the con- tinent of Asia and Europe . He believed in a common origin of languages , and in a migration of the human race from ...
... distinguished between a Japhetic and Aramaic class , the former occupying the north , the latter the south , of the con- tinent of Asia and Europe . He believed in a common origin of languages , and in a migration of the human race from ...
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... distinguished as a scholar , a theologian , a lawyer , an historian , and a mathe- matician , could only throw out hints as to how lan- guage ought to be studied . Leibniz was not only the discoverer of the differential calculus . He ...
... distinguished as a scholar , a theologian , a lawyer , an historian , and a mathe- matician , could only throw out hints as to how lan- guage ought to be studied . Leibniz was not only the discoverer of the differential calculus . He ...
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