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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Page 77
... meaning goer , from sar , to go , became the name of river ; sara , meaning the same , what runs or goes , was used for sap , but not for river . Thus dru , in Sanskrit , means to run , dravat , quick ; but drapsa is restricted to the ...
... meaning goer , from sar , to go , became the name of river ; sara , meaning the same , what runs or goes , was used for sap , but not for river . Thus dru , in Sanskrit , means to run , dravat , quick ; but drapsa is restricted to the ...
Page 84
... meaning in German , but none in English or French ; charactère , with the accent on the last , has a meaning in French , but none in English or German . It matters not whether the sound is articulate or not ; articulate sound with- out ...
... meaning in German , but none in English or French ; charactère , with the accent on the last , has a meaning in French , but none in English or German . It matters not whether the sound is articulate or not ; articulate sound with- out ...
Page 88
... meaning of elementa is by no means clear , nor has the Greek stoicheion , which in Latin is rendered by elementum , as yet been satis- factorily explained . We are told that stoicheion is a diminutive from stoichos , a small upright rod ...
... meaning of elementa is by no means clear , nor has the Greek stoicheion , which in Latin is rendered by elementum , as yet been satis- factorily explained . We are told that stoicheion is a diminutive from stoichos , a small upright rod ...
Page 106
... meaning , but simply trying to find out what it is made of , what are the impressions made upon our ear , and how they can be classified . In order to do this it is not sufficient to examine our alphabet , such as it is , though no ...
... meaning , but simply trying to find out what it is made of , what are the impressions made upon our ear , and how they can be classified . In order to do this it is not sufficient to examine our alphabet , such as it is , though no ...
Page 186
... We are considering at present only the outside , the pho- netic body of language , and are not concerned with the changes of meaning , which , as you know , are sometimes very violent . At present we only ask , 186 IMPERFECT ARTICULATION .
... We are considering at present only the outside , the pho- netic body of language , and are not concerned with the changes of meaning , which , as you know , are sometimes very violent . At present we only ask , 186 IMPERFECT ARTICULATION .
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