Lectures on the Science of Language, Volume 2Longmans, Green, and Company, 1873 - Comparative linguistics |
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... given you an account of the work done by others : of explorations made by travellers or missionaries among the black races of Africa , the yellow tribes of Polynesia , and the red - skins of America . I should have had simply to copy ...
... given you an account of the work done by others : of explorations made by travellers or missionaries among the black races of Africa , the yellow tribes of Polynesia , and the red - skins of America . I should have had simply to copy ...
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... given a table of the regular changes which words 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 ...
... given a table of the regular changes which words 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 ...
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... given by different into- nations . We have something left of this faculty in the tone of our sentences . We distinguish an interro- 36 Léon de Rosny , l . c . p . 301 . See Beaulieu , Mémoire sur l'Origine de la Musique , 1863 ...
... given by different into- nations . We have something left of this faculty in the tone of our sentences . We distinguish an interro- 36 Léon de Rosny , l . c . p . 301 . See Beaulieu , Mémoire sur l'Origine de la Musique , 1863 ...
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... given up in Cochin - Chinese as a term of plurality , how would the tests which we apply for discovering the original identity of the Aryan languages have helped us in determining the real and close relationship between Chinese and ...
... given up in Cochin - Chinese as a term of plurality , how would the tests which we apply for discovering the original identity of the Aryan languages have helped us in determining the real and close relationship between Chinese and ...
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... given above : I. General Ba Transcen- II . Relation Mixed Ba dentals . III . IV . Relation of Action Discourse Be Bi V. God Da . VI . VII . World . Element Da De VIII . Stone Di IX . Metal Do X. Leaf Ga XI . XII . Flower Herbs Ga Seed ...
... given above : I. General Ba Transcen- II . Relation Mixed Ba dentals . III . IV . Relation of Action Discourse Be Bi V. God Da . VI . VII . World . Element Da De VIII . Stone Di IX . Metal Do X. Leaf Ga XI . XII . Flower Herbs Ga Seed ...
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alphabet ancient Anglo-Saxon articulate Aryan languages aspirates Asvins breath bright Brücke called Celtic Chinese consonantal consonants Curtius Dawn deity dental derived dialects distinct doubt English etymology explain express French Germ German glottis gods Gothic Grammar Grammatik Greek Grimm Grimm's Law guages guttural Hawaian hence Homer horses idea Indra instance Italian Kafir Kuhn's Zeitschrift labial Latin Lectures letters likewise Maruts meaning meant originally metaphor modern mythology nations nature never noun Old High-German Old Norse onomatopoeia palate participle peculiar phonetic Polynesian Polynesian languages Pott Professor pronounced pronunciation Rigveda riksha Roman Sanskrit Saramâ Savitar Saxon scholars Science of Language sense Slavonic soft sonant sound speak speech spiritus asper spiritus lenis spoken stars suffix supposed syllable tenuis Teutonic things thought tongue trace Varuna Veda verb vibrations Vivasvat vowels words Yama Zeus δὲ καὶ τὸ τῶν