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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... important , that their language is changing every day , and is already so much changed • that the ancient Huron language is almost entirely dif- ferent from the present . During the last two hundred years , on the contrary , the ...
... important , that their language is changing every day , and is already so much changed • that the ancient Huron language is almost entirely dif- ferent from the present . During the last two hundred years , on the contrary , the ...
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... French , and other foreign elements . Some of the local dialects of English , as spoken at the present day , are of great importance for a critical study of English , and a French prince , now living in this country MODERN LANGUAGES . 69.
... French , and other foreign elements . Some of the local dialects of English , as spoken at the present day , are of great importance for a critical study of English , and a French prince , now living in this country MODERN LANGUAGES . 69.
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... importance of literary languages is not likely to be overlooked , whereas the importance of dialects , as far as they sustain the growth of language , had never been pointed out , I thought it better to dwell on the advantages which ...
... importance of literary languages is not likely to be overlooked , whereas the importance of dialects , as far as they sustain the growth of language , had never been pointed out , I thought it better to dwell on the advantages which ...
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... - ally but irresistibly , and , what is most important , they are completely beyond the reach or control of the free will of man . - Dialectical growth again is still more beyond the con- LAWS OF CHANGE IN LANGUAGE . 73.
... - ally but irresistibly , and , what is most important , they are completely beyond the reach or control of the free will of man . - Dialectical growth again is still more beyond the con- LAWS OF CHANGE IN LANGUAGE . 73.
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... importance to know at what particular period of history , in what country , and for what purposes certain animals were tamed and domesticated . In ethnology , a science , we may re- mark in passing , quite distinct from the science of ...
... importance to know at what particular period of history , in what country , and for what purposes certain animals were tamed and domesticated . In ethnology , a science , we may re- mark in passing , quite distinct from the science of ...
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