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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... this interesting subject , it has been found that among the wild and illiterate tribes of Si- beria , Africa , and Siam , two or three generations are sufficient to change the whole aspect of their dialects . 44 HISTORY OF LANGUAGE .
... this interesting subject , it has been found that among the wild and illiterate tribes of Si- beria , Africa , and Siam , two or three generations are sufficient to change the whole aspect of their dialects . 44 HISTORY OF LANGUAGE .
Page 45
... whole civilized world , was de- posed by the modern Romance dialects , and the ancient Greek was supplanted in the end by the modern Ro- maic . And though the art of printing and the wide diffusion of Bibles , and Prayer - books , and ...
... whole civilized world , was de- posed by the modern Romance dialects , and the ancient Greek was supplanted in the end by the modern Ro- maic . And though the art of printing and the wide diffusion of Bibles , and Prayer - books , and ...
Page 49
... whole counter , and nation , it is called . gether with Wallachian , can only employ the Latin word magis for forming comparatives : - Sp . mas dulce ; Port . mais doce ; Wall . mai dulce : while French , Provençal , and Italian only ...
... whole counter , and nation , it is called . gether with Wallachian , can only employ the Latin word magis for forming comparatives : - Sp . mas dulce ; Port . mais doce ; Wall . mai dulce : while French , Provençal , and Italian only ...
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... whole . But , though it is easy to show , as we have just done , that language cannot be changed or moulded by the taste , the fancy , or genius of man , it is very difficult to explain what causes the growth of language . Ever since ...
... whole . But , though it is easy to show , as we have just done , that language cannot be changed or moulded by the taste , the fancy , or genius of man , it is very difficult to explain what causes the growth of language . Ever since ...
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... whole nature of lan- guage is destroyed by it . As soon as phonetic corrup- tion shows itself in a language , that language has lost what we considered to be the most essential character of all human speech , namely , that every part of ...
... whole nature of lan- guage is destroyed by it . As soon as phonetic corrup- tion shows itself in a language , that language has lost what we considered to be the most essential character of all human speech , namely , that every part of ...
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