...to be fully stated, and in his own powerful language : — "The assignation," says Smith Smith,' " of particular names, to denote particular objects,...— that is, the institution of nouns substantive, — o Essay, iii. 3, 7. — ED. S Elements, vol. i. part ii. c. iv. ft See Essai sur COrigine det Con-...

...jurisprudence. CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING THE FIRST FORMATION OF LANGUAGES, ETC., ETC. THE assignation of particular names to denote particular objects,...naturally begin to form that language by which they would endeavour to make their mutual wants intelligible to each other, by uttering certain sounds, whenever...

...Such a theory as that of Adam Smith is thus shewn to be groundless. He says : — " The assignation of particular names to denote particular objects,...naturally begin to form that language by which they would endeavour to make their mutual wants intelligible to each other by uttering certain sounds whenever...

...Languages, appended f Lecture xlvii. p. 306 (edit. 1830). to Theory of Moral Sentiments.— ED. LECT. would probably be one of the first steps towards the...naturally begin to form that language by which they would endeavour to make their mutual wants intelligible to each other, by uttering certain sounds whenever...

...commonly bound up some " Considerations concerning the first Formation of Languages," which discuss how " two savages who had never been taught to speak, but had been bred up remote from the society of man, would naturally begin their converse." Then there is a very curious " History of Astronomy,"...

...Smith. According to this philosopher, the assigning of particular names to denote particular objects is one of the first steps towards the formation of language. Two savages, for instance, who had never been taught to speak, but had been brought up remote from the societies...

...commonly bound up some ' Considerations concerning the first Formation of Languages,' which discuss how ' two savages who had never been taught to speak, but had been bred up remote from the society of man, would naturally begin their converse.' Then there is a very curious ' History of Astronomy,'...

...commonly bound up some ' Considerations concerning the first Formation of Languages,' which discuss how 'two savages who had never been taught to speak, but had been bred up remote from the society of man, would naturally begin their converse.' Then there is a very curious ' History of Astronomy,'...

...it contains the principal idea of his theory on abstraction, I shall insert here. ' The assignation of particular names to denote particular objects —...the first steps towards the formation of language. The particular cave whose covering sheltered the savage from the weather ; the particular tree whose...

...particular names to denote particular objects—that is, the institution of nouns substantive—would probably be one of the first steps towards the formation of language. The particular cave whose covering sheltered the savage from the weather; the particular tree whose...