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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Page 85
... reason why grammar is made the criterion of the relationship and the base of the classification in almost all lan- guages ; and it follows , therefore , as a matter of course , that in the classification and in the science of language ...
... reason why grammar is made the criterion of the relationship and the base of the classification in almost all lan- guages ; and it follows , therefore , as a matter of course , that in the classification and in the science of language ...
Page 135
... reason , " he said , " for supposing Hebrew to have been the primitive language of mankind , as there is for adopting the view of Goropius , who published a work at Antwerp , in 1580 , to prove that Dutch was the language spoken in ...
... reason , " he said , " for supposing Hebrew to have been the primitive language of mankind , as there is for adopting the view of Goropius , who published a work at Antwerp , in 1580 , to prove that Dutch was the language spoken in ...
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... reason that we ought to begin with studying the modern languages which are within our reach , in order to compare them with one another , to discover their differences and affinities , and then to proceed to those which have preceded ...
... reason that we ought to begin with studying the modern languages which are within our reach , in order to compare them with one another , to discover their differences and affinities , and then to proceed to those which have preceded ...
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... reason to doubt that some of them will here- after be comprehended in a system of genealogical classification , it is right to guard from the beginning against the common , but altogether gratuitous suppo- sition , COMPARATIVE GRAMMAR .
... reason to doubt that some of them will here- after be comprehended in a system of genealogical classification , it is right to guard from the beginning against the common , but altogether gratuitous suppo- sition , COMPARATIVE GRAMMAR .
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... reason to suppose that they all spoke one and the same dialect . If we possessed any liter- ary documents of those ancient German races , we should find them all dialects again , some with the peculiarities of High , others with those ...
... reason to suppose that they all spoke one and the same dialect . If we possessed any liter- ary documents of those ancient German races , we should find them all dialects again , some with the peculiarities of High , others with those ...
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