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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... influence of phi- losophical linguistic research upon the science founded by BOPP has always been of slight account , and is very trifling at present . In limiting myself to the departments of phonetics and inflection I have also ...
... influence , 40-42 . Influence of natural science , 42-44 . SCHLBI- CHBR's works , 44-45 . Comparison between his views and Borr's , 45—47 . SCHLEICHER's parent speech , 48–53 . SCHLEICHER not a scientist , but a philo- logist , 54-55 ...
... influence of sense on sound . These are dis- cussed in inverse order : 1. Influence of sense on the preservation of sound , 106-107 . 2. Action of analogy , 107-113 . Demarcation of the field , 108. Classi- fication , 108-111 ...
... influence has dwindled down to a slight remnant . For the ai of the middle endings , in which BOPP formerly saw an inner inflection of the root , is now rather explained by composition , and there- fore reduplication alone remains as a ...
... be felt in a grammatical form , it offers opposition to any change . But the farther languages are separated from their source , the more love of euphony gains in influence . ( Abh . der Berl . Akad 2 * FRANZ BOPP . 19.
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