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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... idea of inflection . Fortunately there is sufficient material for this in BOPP's writings . But in order to make the passages in question intelligible , I must first say a word about the customary clas- sification of the parts of speech ...
... idea of inflec- tion must naturally appear very questionable . For how can a monosyllabic root ( especially if , as is obviously the case , the consonants remain intact ) be inwardly inflected and al- tered to any considerable extent ...
... idea that the substantive verb is to be recognized in the shape of various s's in the verbal forms ; further , the transmitted theory that roots are to be regarded as monosyllabic ; and finally , the tradition derived from He- brew ...
... ideas , BOPP occupies himself chiefly with individual points in lan- guage , and very seldom intersperses general observations , such as could be termed " philosophical " . It is as impossible to obtain a theory and systematic method ...
... ideas concerning changes in language , and will classify them in accordance with the categories introduced by BOPP himself : mechanical and physical laws . The effect of BOPP's so - called ... idea expressed in this 20 CHAPTER I.
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Leibniz, Humboldt, and the Origins of Comparativism Tullio De Mauro,Lia Formigari No preview available - 1990 |