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 67
... objects . This , however , being impossible , he begins by contriving arbitrary marks for his forty genera . The next thing to be done is to mark the differences under each genus . This is done by affixing little lines at the left end ...
... objects . This , however , being impossible , he begins by contriving arbitrary marks for his forty genera . The next thing to be done is to mark the differences under each genus . This is done by affixing little lines at the left end ...
Page 71
... object was chiefly to show that to people acquainted with a real language , the invention of an artificial lan- guage is by no means an impossibility , nay , that such an artificial language might be much more per- fect , more regular ...
... object was chiefly to show that to people acquainted with a real language , the invention of an artificial lan- guage is by no means an impossibility , nay , that such an artificial language might be much more per- fect , more regular ...
Page 74
... object whatever in which he took an in- terest , without discovering first some general quality that seemed at the time the most characteristic of the object to be named . In the lowest stage of lan- guage , an imitation of the neighing ...
... object whatever in which he took an in- terest , without discovering first some general quality that seemed at the time the most characteristic of the object to be named . In the lowest stage of lan- guage , an imitation of the neighing ...
Page 75
... objects , under some gen- eral category . Many names might have been given to wheat . It might have been called eared , nutri- tious , graceful , waving , the incense of the earth , & c . But it was called simply the white , the white ...
... objects , under some gen- eral category . Many names might have been given to wheat . It might have been called eared , nutri- tious , graceful , waving , the incense of the earth , & c . But it was called simply the white , the white ...
Page 76
... object to which they are attached . In some cases this is quite clear , in others it has to be brought out by minute etymological research . To those who approach these etymological researches with any preconceived opinions , it must be ...
... object to which they are attached . In some cases this is quite clear , in others it has to be brought out by minute etymological research . To those who approach these etymological researches with any preconceived opinions , it must be ...
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