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 149
... soft part , as the uvula , tongue , or lips . In the Arabic grh ( grhain ) , which is the same as the Northumberland burr ( burgrh , Hágrhiut for Harriot ) , and the French Provençal r grasseyé ( as , Paris c'est la France , Paghri c ...
... soft part , as the uvula , tongue , or lips . In the Arabic grh ( grhain ) , which is the same as the Northumberland burr ( burgrh , Hágrhiut for Harriot ) , and the French Provençal r grasseyé ( as , Paris c'est la France , Paghri c ...
Page 150
... soft palate or of the tip of the tongue , and we then get an intermittent noise , the peculiar jarring quality of which is produced by these very intermissions . In pronouncing 1 , the moving soft lateral edges of the tongue produce ...
... soft palate or of the tip of the tongue , and we then get an intermittent noise , the peculiar jarring quality of which is produced by these very intermissions . In pronouncing 1 , the moving soft lateral edges of the tongue produce ...
Page 151
... soft palate , we hear the consonantal noise of k . If we bring the tongue against the Fig . 21 . Fig . 22 . k t teeth , we hear the consonantal noise of t . If we bring the lower against the upper lip , we hear the consonantal noise of ...
... soft palate , we hear the consonantal noise of k . If we bring the tongue against the Fig . 21 . Fig . 22 . k t teeth , we hear the consonantal noise of t . If we bring the lower against the upper lip , we hear the consonantal noise of ...
Page 155
... Soft Checks , or Media . We should now have finished our survey of the alphabet of nature , if it was not that the consonantal stops k , t , p , are liable to certain modifications , which , as they are of great influence in the ...
... Soft Checks , or Media . We should now have finished our survey of the alphabet of nature , if it was not that the consonantal stops k , t , p , are liable to certain modifications , which , as they are of great influence in the ...
Page 156
... soft let- ter , a sonant , in opposition to p , which is called a tenuis , a hard letter , or a surd . But what is meant by these terms ? A tenuis , we saw , was so called by the Greeks in opposition to the aspirates , the Greek ...
... soft let- ter , a sonant , in opposition to p , which is called a tenuis , a hard letter , or a surd . But what is meant by these terms ? A tenuis , we saw , was so called by the Greeks in opposition to the aspirates , the Greek ...
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Agni Alphabet ancient Angiras Anglo-Saxon Aryan languages aspirates Asvins breath bright called conception consonantal consonants cows Curtius dawn deity dental derived dialects distinct divine doubt Dyaus earth English etymology express father French German glottis gods Gothic Grammar Grammatik Greek Grimm Grimm's law guage guttural heaven hence Homer horse hymn idea Indra Italian Kafir Kuhn Kuhn's Zeitschrift labial Latin letters likewise Maruts meaning meant originally metaphor mind modern mother myth mythology nations nature never night noun Old High-German Old Norse philosophers phonetic poets Polynesian pronounced Rig-Veda Roman root Sanskrit Sarama Saranyû Savitar Saxon scholars Science of Language sense skrit Slavonic soft sonant sound speak speech spiritus asper spiritus lenis spoken supposed syllable tenuis Teutonic things thought tion tongue trace Tuisco twins Varuna Veda verb vibrations Vivasvat vowels words Yama Zeus δὲ καὶ τῶν