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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... phonetic corruption ; and in Spanish it is sometimes used as a distinct word , though even then it cannot be said to have retained its distinct meaning . Thus , instead of saying , “ claramente , concisamente y elegantemente , " it is ...
... phonetic corruption ; and in Spanish it is sometimes used as a distinct word , though even then it cannot be said to have retained its distinct meaning . Thus , instead of saying , “ claramente , concisamente y elegantemente , " it is ...
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... phonetic change , that it will some- times eat away the whole body of a word , and leave nothing behind but decayed fragments . Thus , sister , which in Sanskrit is svasar , appears in Pehlvi and in Ossetian as cho . Daughter , which in ...
... phonetic change , that it will some- times eat away the whole body of a word , and leave nothing behind but decayed fragments . Thus , sister , which in Sanskrit is svasar , appears in Pehlvi and in Ossetian as cho . Daughter , which in ...
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... phonetic cor- ruption . " Dialects , " he writes , " develop themselves progressively , and the more we look backward in the history of language the smaller is their number , and the less definite their features . All multiplicity ...
... phonetic cor- ruption . " Dialects , " he writes , " develop themselves progressively , and the more we look backward in the history of language the smaller is their number , and the less definite their features . All multiplicity ...
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... phonetic decay and dialectical regeneration or growth . Let us take the six Romance languages . It is usual to call these the daughters of Latin . I do not object to the names of parent and daughter as applied to languages ; only we ...
... phonetic decay and dialectical regeneration or growth . Let us take the six Romance languages . It is usual to call these the daughters of Latin . I do not object to the names of parent and daughter as applied to languages ; only we ...
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... phonetic corruption , but no longer the restoring influence of dialectic regeneration . The language which the Norwegian refugees brought to Iceland has remained almost the same for seven cen- - 70 MODERN LANGUAGES .
... phonetic corruption , but no longer the restoring influence of dialectic regeneration . The language which the Norwegian refugees brought to Iceland has remained almost the same for seven cen- - 70 MODERN LANGUAGES .
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