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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... express one or many , though with him case , or ptōsis , had a very different meaning from what it has in our gram- mars . The terms singular and plural were not invent- ed till they were wanted , and they were first wanted by the ...
... express one or many , though with him case , or ptōsis , had a very different meaning from what it has in our gram- mars . The terms singular and plural were not invent- ed till they were wanted , and they were first wanted by the ...
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... express the case of origin or birth , would in Greek have been called gennētikē , not genike . Nor does the genitive express the relation of son to father . For though we may say , " the son of the father , " we may likewise say , " the ...
... express the case of origin or birth , would in Greek have been called gennētikē , not genike . Nor does the genitive express the relation of son to father . For though we may say , " the son of the father , " we may likewise say , " the ...
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... express unknown quantities by freely chosen algebraic exponents ? We are here brought at once face to face with the highest and most difficult problem of our science , the origin of language . But it will be well for the present to turn ...
... express unknown quantities by freely chosen algebraic exponents ? We are here brought at once face to face with the highest and most difficult problem of our science , the origin of language . But it will be well for the present to turn ...
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... express the momentous transition from being in love to being indifferent , the first thing we have to do , before at- tempting any explanation , would be to establish the earliest and most original form of I loved . This is a rule which ...
... express the momentous transition from being in love to being indifferent , the first thing we have to do , before at- tempting any explanation , would be to establish the earliest and most original form of I loved . This is a rule which ...
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... express by the word veensatee . Then they go on till they come to thirty , which they express by the word treensat , of which the word expressing three is part of the composition , as well as it is of the Greek and Latin names for those ...
... express by the word veensatee . Then they go on till they come to thirty , which they express by the word treensat , of which the word expressing three is part of the composition , as well as it is of the Greek and Latin names for those ...
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