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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... tion of dialects . When Indians , men or women , are conversing amongst themselves , they seem to take pleasure in inventing new modes of pronunci- ation , or in distorting words . It is amusing to notice how the whole party will laugh ...
... tion of dialects . When Indians , men or women , are conversing amongst themselves , they seem to take pleasure in inventing new modes of pronunci- ation , or in distorting words . It is amusing to notice how the whole party will laugh ...
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... whether we call them letters , syl- lables , or words ; describing their origin , their forma- tion , and the laws which determine their growth and decay . In this part we shall have to deal DIVISION OF LECTURES . 51.
... whether we call them letters , syl- lables , or words ; describing their origin , their forma- tion , and the laws which determine their growth and decay . In this part we shall have to deal DIVISION OF LECTURES . 51.
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... tion , denoting the first , second , third , and following difference under the genus , these differences being , as we saw , regularly numbered in his philosophical dictionary . The third and last thing to be done is to express the ...
... tion , denoting the first , second , third , and following difference under the genus , these differences being , as we saw , regularly numbered in his philosophical dictionary . The third and last thing to be done is to express the ...
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... tion of sweetness ; it enjoys it , it recollects it , it de- sires it again ; but it does not know what sweet is ; it is absorbed in its sensations , its pleasures , its recol- lections ; it cannot look at them from above , it can- 1 l ...
... tion of sweetness ; it enjoys it , it recollects it , it de- sires it again ; but it does not know what sweet is ; it is absorbed in its sensations , its pleasures , its recol- lections ; it cannot look at them from above , it can- 1 l ...
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... tion between a root and a word . In Chinese , 1 for instance , ly means to plough , a plough , and an ox , i . e . a plougher ; ta means to be great , greatness , greatly . Whether a word is intended as a noun , or a verb , or a ...
... tion between a root and a word . In Chinese , 1 for instance , ly means to plough , a plough , and an ox , i . e . a plougher ; ta means to be great , greatness , greatly . Whether a word is intended as a noun , or a verb , or a ...
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