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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... under grammar and logic ; ideas such as noun , verb , particle , prose , verse , letter , syllogism , question , affirm- ative , negative , and many more . After these general notions , which constitute the first four 62 BISHOP WILKINS .
... under grammar and logic ; ideas such as noun , verb , particle , prose , verse , letter , syllogism , question , affirm- ative , negative , and many more . After these general notions , which constitute the first four 62 BISHOP WILKINS .
Page 68
... verbs , pronouns , articles , prep- ositions , conjunctions , and interjections , are all ren- dered with a precision unsurpassed , nay unequalled , by any living language . Having thus shaped all his materials , the Bishop proceeds to ...
... verbs , pronouns , articles , prep- ositions , conjunctions , and interjections , are all ren- dered with a precision unsurpassed , nay unequalled , by any living language . Having thus shaped all his materials , the Bishop proceeds to ...
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... verb . Again , if Di is once known to signify God , then ida must signify that which is opposed to God , namely , idol . If dab be spirit , odab will be body ; if dad be heaven odad will be hell . Again , if saba is king BISHOP WILKINS .
... verb . Again , if Di is once known to signify God , then ida must signify that which is opposed to God , namely , idol . If dab be spirit , odab will be body ; if dad be heaven odad will be hell . Again , if saba is king BISHOP WILKINS .
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... verb , and has left behind in the classical language this one formation only , stóchos , mark , point , aim , whence stocházomai , I point , I aim , and similar derivatives . In Gothic , a similar root exists in the verb stiggan , the ...
... verb , and has left behind in the classical language this one formation only , stóchos , mark , point , aim , whence stocházomai , I point , I aim , and similar derivatives . In Gothic , a similar root exists in the verb stiggan , the ...
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... verbs , or particles . This is the view which the native grammarians of India have taken of San- skrit roots ; and they have taken the greatest pains to show that a root , as such , can never emerge to the surface of real speech ; that ...
... verbs , or particles . This is the view which the native grammarians of India have taken of San- skrit roots ; and they have taken the greatest pains to show that a root , as such , can never emerge to the surface of real speech ; that ...
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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