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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... produced no literature . Among the numerous tribes of Central Asia , Africa , America , and Polynesia , language still lives in its natural state , in a state of continual combustion ; and it is there that we must go if we wish to gain ...
... produced no literature . Among the numerous tribes of Central Asia , Africa , America , and Polynesia , language still lives in its natural state , in a state of continual combustion ; and it is there that we must go if we wish to gain ...
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... produced by 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 ...
... produced by 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 ...
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... produced a consider- able literature , and is the recognized medium of com- munication not only in Burmah , but likewise in Pegu and Arakan . But the intricate mountain ranges of the peninsula of the Irawaddy2 afford a safe refuge to ...
... produced a consider- able literature , and is the recognized medium of com- munication not only in Burmah , but likewise in Pegu and Arakan . But the intricate mountain ranges of the peninsula of the Irawaddy2 afford a safe refuge to ...
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Friedrich Max Müller. B everywhere , have produced so many words and forms peculiar to each tribe , that even within the limits of twelve or twenty German miles , communication among them becomes extremely difficult . Castrèn , the ...
Friedrich Max Müller. B everywhere , have produced so many words and forms peculiar to each tribe , that even within the limits of twelve or twenty German miles , communication among them becomes extremely difficult . Castrèn , the ...
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... produce , on a larger scale , the languages of a confederation of clans , of nascent colonies , of rising nationalities . Before there is a na- tional language , there have always been hundreds of dialects in districts , towns ...
... produce , on a larger scale , the languages of a confederation of clans , of nascent colonies , of rising nationalities . Before there is a na- tional language , there have always been hundreds of dialects in districts , towns ...
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