Lectures on the Science of Language, Volume 2Longmans, Green, and Company, 1873 - Comparative linguistics |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 75
Page 19
... means should we have witnessed a consonantal change from ende to ing . To explain the English ing by the Hennebergian ing would be to explain ignotum per ignotius . But , lastly , are there really any participles in ing to be found in ...
... means should we have witnessed a consonantal change from ende to ing . To explain the English ing by the Hennebergian ing would be to explain ignotum per ignotius . But , lastly , are there really any participles in ing to be found in ...
Page 30
... means of different accents in pronouncing them . The same syllable , for instance , daï , signifies twenty - three entirely different things , according to the difference of accent , so that people never speak without sing- ing.'36 This ...
... means of different accents in pronouncing them . The same syllable , for instance , daï , signifies twenty - three entirely different things , according to the difference of accent , so that people never speak without sing- ing.'36 This ...
Page 31
... means a lady , an ancestor ; pronounced with the sharp accent it means the favourite of a prince ; pronounced with the semigrave accent , it means what has been thrown away ; pronounced with the grave circumflex , it means what is left ...
... means a lady , an ancestor ; pronounced with the sharp accent it means the favourite of a prince ; pronounced with the semigrave accent , it means what has been thrown away ; pronounced with the grave circumflex , it means what is left ...
Page 33
... means ' already . ' Thus- Toy da men . Mai da men , No da men , I loved . thou lovedst . he loved . The future is formed by the addition of chè . Thus- Toy chè men , Mai chè men , No chè men , I shall love thou wilt love . he will love ...
... means ' already . ' Thus- Toy da men . Mai da men , No da men , I loved . thou lovedst . he loved . The future is formed by the addition of chè . Thus- Toy chè men , Mai chè men , No chè men , I shall love thou wilt love . he will love ...
Page 66
... means , originally , to gather . Hence , Katálogos , a catalogue , a gathering , a list ; collectio , a collection . In Homer , " légein is hardly ever used in the same sense of saying , speaking , or meaning , but always in the sense ...
... means , originally , to gather . Hence , Katálogos , a catalogue , a gathering , a list ; collectio , a collection . In Homer , " légein is hardly ever used in the same sense of saying , speaking , or meaning , but always in the sense ...
Other editions - View all
Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of ... Max Muller No preview available - 2018 |
Common terms and phrases
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