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... common , of our own dialect , if well examined and analysed , will teach us more than the most ingenious speculations on the nature of speech and the origin of roots . We may accept it , I believe , as a general principle , that what is ...
... common , of our own dialect , if well examined and analysed , will teach us more than the most ingenious speculations on the nature of speech and the origin of roots . We may accept it , I believe , as a general principle , that what is ...
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... common derivative ling , in such words as darling , hire- ling , yearling , foundling , nestling , worldling , changeling . It is doubtful , in fact , whether even in such words as apeling , lyteling , which end in 7 , the suffix is not ...
... common derivative ling , in such words as darling , hire- ling , yearling , foundling , nestling , worldling , changeling . It is doubtful , in fact , whether even in such words as apeling , lyteling , which end in 7 , the suffix is not ...
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... common property ; we perceive similarity , though at the same time great diversity : 29 1 2 3 5 Fakaafoan tasi lua , ua tolu fa lima Samoan tasi Jua tolu fa lima Tongan taha ua tolu fa nima New Zealand tahi rua toru wa rima Rarotongan ...
... common property ; we perceive similarity , though at the same time great diversity : 29 1 2 3 5 Fakaafoan tasi lua , ua tolu fa lima Samoan tasi Jua tolu fa lima Tongan taha ua tolu fa nima New Zealand tahi rua toru wa rima Rarotongan ...
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... common to the nume- rous Polynesian languages undergo , but he has like- wise noted those permutations which take place occa- sionally only . On the strength of these phonetic laws once established , words which have hardly one single ...
... common to the nume- rous Polynesian languages undergo , but he has like- wise noted those permutations which take place occa- sionally only . On the strength of these phonetic laws once established , words which have hardly one single ...
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... common sense of grammar . The past tense is indicated in Chinese by particles meaning already ' or ' formerly , ' but we do not find among them the Annamitic da . The same applies to the future . The system is throughout the same , but ...
... common sense of grammar . The past tense is indicated in Chinese by particles meaning already ' or ' formerly , ' but we do not find among them the Annamitic da . The same applies to the future . The system is throughout the same , but ...
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