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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... early stage of lan- guage . We must not forget that there are languages which have remained in that germinal state , and in which there is to the present day no outward distinc- tion between a root and a word . In Chinese , 1 for ...
... early stage of lan- guage . We must not forget that there are languages which have remained in that germinal state , and in which there is to the present day no outward distinc- tion between a root and a word . In Chinese , 1 for ...
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... earliest be- ginnings of the history of the Aryan language , these two roots were independent germs , each the starting- point of large classes of words , the phonetic char- acter of which is determined throughout by the type from which ...
... earliest be- ginnings of the history of the Aryan language , these two roots were independent germs , each the starting- point of large classes of words , the phonetic char- acter of which is determined throughout by the type from which ...
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... early as 1811 , and full of ingenious and original observations . ) 8 Lepsius , Standard Alphabet , second edition , 1863. ( On the subject in general , but particularly useful for African languages . ) 4 Das Natürliche Lautsystem der ...
... early as 1811 , and full of ingenious and original observations . ) 8 Lepsius , Standard Alphabet , second edition , 1863. ( On the subject in general , but particularly useful for African languages . ) 4 Das Natürliche Lautsystem der ...
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... early framers of language , for the Greek tonos , tone , is derived from a root tan , meaning to extend . Pythag oras 1 knew more than this . He knew that when chords of the same quality and the same tension are to sound a fundamental ...
... early framers of language , for the Greek tonos , tone , is derived from a root tan , meaning to extend . Pythag oras 1 knew more than this . He knew that when chords of the same quality and the same tension are to sound a fundamental ...
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... early as Layamon , instead of the older A. S. cild ; cheap , A. S. ceap ; birch , finch , speech , much , & c .; thatch ( theccan ) , watch ( weccan ) ; in Scotch , theek and waik ; or in bridge ( bryeg , Brücke ) , edge ( ecg , Ecke ) ...
... early as Layamon , instead of the older A. S. cild ; cheap , A. S. ceap ; birch , finch , speech , much , & c .; thatch ( theccan ) , watch ( weccan ) ; in Scotch , theek and waik ; or in bridge ( bryeg , Brücke ) , edge ( ecg , Ecke ) ...
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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