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Title: Introduction to the science of language, Volume 1 (of 2)

Author: A. H. Sayce


Release date: May 9, 2024 [eBook #73585]

Language: English

Original publication: London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1880

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INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENCE
OF LANGUAGE.

INTRODUCTION TO THE
SCIENCE OF LANGUAGE.

BY
A. H. SAYCE,
DEPUTY PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:
C. KEGAN PAUL & CO., 1, PATERNOSTER SQUARE.
1880.

“Ille demum foret nobilissima grammaticæ species, si quis in linguis tam eruditis quam vulgaribus eximie doctus, de variis linguarum proprietatibus tractaret; in quibus quæque excellat, in quibus deficiat ostendens.”—Bacon (“De Aug. Scient.,” vi. 1).

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