On the Stratification of Language Sir Robert Rede's Lecture: Delivered in the Senate House Before the University of Cambridge on Friday, May 29, 1868 (Classic Reprint)
On the Stratification of Language Sir Robert Rede's Lecture: Delivered in the Senate House Before the University of Cambridge on Friday, May 29, 1868 (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from On the Stratification of Language Sir Robert Rede's Lecture: Delivered in the Senate House Before the University of Cambridge on Friday, May 29, 1868 Still more extraordinary is the listlessness with which during all the centuries that have elapsed since the first names were given to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field, men have passed by what was much nearer to them than even the gravel on which they trod, namely the words of their own language. Here, too, the clearly ...
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Excerpt from On the Stratification of Language Sir Robert Rede's Lecture: Delivered in the Senate House Before the University of Cambridge on Friday, May 29, 1868 Still more extraordinary is the listlessness with which during all the centuries that have elapsed since the first names were given to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field, men have passed by what was much nearer to them than even the gravel on which they trod, namely the words of their own language. Here, too, the clearly marked lines of different strata seemed almost to challenge attention, and the pulses of former life were still throbbing in the petrified forms imbedded in grammars and dictionaries. Yet not even a Plato had eyes to see, or ears to hear, and the conception of a science of language, of Glottology, was reserved for the nine teenth century. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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