Introduction to the science of language . LONDON:C. KEGAN PAUL & CO., i, PATERNOSTER SQUARE. Ille demum foret nobilissima grammaticaj species, si quis inlinguis tarn eruditis quam vulgaribus eximie doctus, de variis lin-guarum proprietatibus tractaret; in quibus qiutque excellat. in qui-bus deficiat ostendens.—BACON ( De Aug. Scient., vi. i). The rights of translation anil of reproduction are reserved. V ** as OS O PREFACE. But few words of Preface are needed for a work whichwill sufficiently explain itself. It is an attempt to givea systematic account of the Science of Language, itsn
Introduction to the science of language . LONDON:C. KEGAN PAUL & CO., i, PATERNOSTER SQUARE. Ille demum foret nobilissima grammaticaj species, si quis inlinguis tarn eruditis quam vulgaribus eximie doctus, de variis lin-guarum proprietatibus tractaret; in quibus qiutque excellat. in qui-bus deficiat ostendens.—BACON ( De Aug. Scient., vi. i). The rights of translation anil of reproduction are reserved. V ** as OS O PREFACE. But few words of Preface are needed for a work whichwill sufficiently explain itself. It is an attempt to givea systematic account of the Science of Language, itsnature, its progress and its aims, which shall be at thesame time as thorough and exhaustive as our presentknowledge and materials allow. How far the attempthas been successful is for the reader to judge; the authorcannot do more than his best. The method and theorieswhich underlie the work have been set forth in my Principles of Comparative Philology, where I havecriticized certain of the current assumptions of scientificsciencelang01sayc
Size: 1504px × 1662px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, booksubjectcomparativelinguistics, booksubjectl
