Introduction to the Study of Language: A Critical Survey of the History and Methods of Comparative Philology of the Indo-European LanguagesFB & Limited, 1882 - 142 pages Excerpt from Introduction to the Study of Language: A Critical Survey of the History and Methods of Comparative Philology of the Indo-European Languages The character of the present work is mainly determined by the circumstance that it is intended by the author to facili tate the study of the Grammars which breitkopf hartel are publishing, as well as the comprehension of comparative philology in its newest form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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... 8 . ENTD STA . HALL . 1882 . Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1882 , by E. Channing in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington D. C. THEOL ANDOVER * NOV 1884 36,756 PREFACE . The character.
... according to CURTIUS , WHITNEY , OST- HOFF , 117–120 . More general theory , in agreement with BENFRY , 120. From this stand - point is shown : 1 ) how a language can split into dialects , 121–122 ; 2 ) how great a uniformity can be ...
... According to FRIEDRICH SCHLEGEL there are two chief classes of languages ; first , those which characterize the minor shades of meaning by an inner change of the root , and sec- ondly , those which for this purpose affix actual words ...
... According to this definition , the verb has in itself no actual significance , but is simply the grammatical bond between subject and predicate , through whose inner variation and change of form these mu- tual relations are indicated ...
... according to the view of the grammarian in ques- tion , be derived from the original structure of the Indo - Eu- ୧୯ ropean . We see that the terms " mechanical " , " physical " , " or- ganic " are not used strictly in the sense they ...
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Leibniz, Humboldt, and the Origins of Comparativism Tullio De Mauro,Lia Formigari No preview available - 1990 |