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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... present no one is startled by contemplate instead of con- témplate , and balcony has become more usual than bal- cóny . Thus Roome and chaney , layloc and goold , have but lately been driven from the stage by Rome , china , 1 Lectures ...
... present no one is startled by contemplate instead of con- témplate , and balcony has become more usual than bal- cóny . Thus Roome and chaney , layloc and goold , have but lately been driven from the stage by Rome , china , 1 Lectures ...
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... to be treated in the 1 Marsh , p . 589 . 2 Sir J. Stoddart , Glossology , p . 60 . 3 Trench , English Past and Present , p . 114 ; Marsh , p . 397 . same manner as the subject - matter of all the 46 CHANGES IN ENGLISH .
... to be treated in the 1 Marsh , p . 589 . 2 Sir J. Stoddart , Glossology , p . 60 . 3 Trench , English Past and Present , p . 114 ; Marsh , p . 397 . same manner as the subject - matter of all the 46 CHANGES IN ENGLISH .
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... present , against being carried away by the very words which we are using . Now , what we call the growth of language comprises two processes which should be carefully distinguished , though they may be at work simultaneously . These ...
... present , against being carried away by the very words which we are using . Now , what we call the growth of language comprises two processes which should be carefully distinguished , though they may be at work simultaneously . These ...
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... present . During the last two hundred years , on the contrary , the languages of the Hurons and Iroquois are said not to have changed at all . We read of missionaries 2 in Central America who attempted to write down the language of ...
... present . During the last two hundred years , on the contrary , the languages of the Hurons and Iroquois are said not to have changed at all . We read of missionaries 2 in Central America who attempted to write down the language of ...
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... present , on the prob- lem of the origin of language , yet this we can clearly see , that , whatever the origin of language was , its first tendency must have been towards an unbounded va- riety . To this there was , however , a natural ...
... present , on the prob- lem of the origin of language , yet this we can clearly see , that , whatever the origin of language was , its first tendency must have been towards an unbounded va- riety . To this there was , however , a natural ...
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