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... Dugald Stewart . According to them , man must have lived for a time in a state
of mutism , his only means of communication consisting in gestures of the body ,
and in the changes of countenance , till at last , when ideas multiplied that could ...
... Dugald Stewart . According to them , man must have lived for a time in a state
of mutism , his only means of communication consisting in gestures of the body ,
and in the changes of countenance , till at last , when ideas multiplied that could ...
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The idea that language can be changed and im, proved by man is by no means a
new one . We know that Protagoras , an ancient Greek philosopher , after laying
down some laws on gender , actually began to find fault with the text of Hoiner ...
The idea that language can be changed and im, proved by man is by no means a
new one . We know that Protagoras , an ancient Greek philosopher , after laying
down some laws on gender , actually began to find fault with the text of Hoiner ...
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But what ideas can they connect with such expressions ? If we must compare
language with a tree , there is one point which may be illustrated by this
comparison , and this is that neither language nor the tree can exist or grow by
itself .
But what ideas can they connect with such expressions ? If we must compare
language with a tree , there is one point which may be illustrated by this
comparison , and this is that neither language nor the tree can exist or grow by
itself .
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... or to the admixture of foreign with native blood , in order to account for the
changes which the language underwent in Sweden and Denmark , but not in
Iceland.2 We can hardly form an idea of the unbounded resources of dialects .
... or to the admixture of foreign with native blood , in order to account for the
changes which the language underwent in Sweden and Denmark , but not in
Iceland.2 We can hardly form an idea of the unbounded resources of dialects .
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The idea of reduce ing a whole language to a small number of roots , which in
Europe was not attempted before the sixteenth century by Henry Estienne , 2 was
perfectly familiar to the Brahmans , at least 500 B. C. The Greeks , though they
did ...
The idea of reduce ing a whole language to a small number of roots , which in
Europe was not attempted before the sixteenth century by Henry Estienne , 2 was
perfectly familiar to the Brahmans , at least 500 B. C. The Greeks , though they
did ...
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| Title | Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ...1861 [and 1863], Volume 1 Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ...1861 [and 1863], Friedrich Max Müller |
| Author | Friedrich Max Müller |
| Publisher | C. Scribner, 1866 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2009 |
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