There are no doubt in every language interjections, and some of them may become traditional, and enter into the composition of words. But these interjections are only the outskirts of real language. Language begins where interjections end. There is as... A Dictionary of English Etymology - Page xxviiiby Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson - 1872 - 744 pagesFull view - About this book
| Friedrich Max Müller - Comparative linguistics - 1861 - 420 pages
...the Inter] ectional, or Pooh-pooh, Theory. Our answer to this theory is the same as to the former. There are no doubt in every language interjections,...word, such as " to laugh," and the interjection ha, ha ! between " I suffer," and oh! as there is between the involuntary act and noise of sneezing, and the... | |
| Great Britain - 1861 - 516 pages
...These cries or interjections were re>presented as the natural and real beginnings of human speech." "But these interjections are only the outskirts of...such as ' to laugh,' and the interjection ' ha, ha !' between ' I suffer' and ' oh,' as there is between the involuntary act and noise of sneezing and... | |
| 1861 - 512 pages
...These cries or interjections were represented as the natural and real beginnings of human speech." "Bnt these interjections are only the outskirts of real...such as ' to laugh,' and the interjection ' ha, ha !' between ' I suffer' and ' oh,' as there is between the involuntary act and noise of sneezing and... | |
| Friedrich Max Müller - Comparative linguistics - 1862 - 454 pages
...call the Interjectional, or Pooh-pooh, Theory. Our answer to this theory is the same as to the former. There are no doubt in every language interjections,...Language begins where interjections end. There is 1 In Chinese the number of imitative sounds is very considerable. Thej are mostly written phonetically,... | |
| Friedrich Max Müller - Comparative linguistics - 1862 - 452 pages
...call the Interjectional, or Pooh-pooh, Theory. Our answer to this theory is the same as to the former. There are no doubt in every language interjections,...interjections are only the outskirts of real language. * In Chinese the number of imitative sounds is very considerable. They are mostly written phonetically,... | |
| Friedrich Max Müller - Comparative linguistics - 1864 - 452 pages
...call the Interjectional, or Pooh-pooh, Theory. Our answer to this theory is the same as to the former. There are no doubt in every language interjections,...much difference between a real word, such as ' to * In Chinese the number of imitative sounds is very considerable. They are mostly written phonetically,... | |
| Friedrich Max Müller - Comparative linguistics - 1866 - 506 pages
...the Inter] ectional, or Pooh-pooh, Theory. Our answer to this theory is the same as to the former. There are no doubt in every language interjections,...word, such as ' to laugh,' and the interjection ha, ha ! between ' I suffer,' and oh ! as there is between the involuntary act and noise of sneezing, and... | |
| Ludwig Noiré - 1879 - 144 pages
...philology were as fatal to this theory as to the preceding one. To quote again from Max Miiller : 2 ' There are, no doubt, in every language interjections,...end. There is as much difference between a real word, 1 Traitedela Formation mecanique des Langues, 1756. As this theory, in spite of its complete refutation... | |
| Education - 1898 - 706 pages
...beginnings of human speech and everything else is supposed to have been elaborated after their model. There are, no doubt, in every language interjections,...interjections are only the outskirts of real language. In other words, language begins where interjections end. A prominent English writer says, "There is... | |
| Januarius De Concilio - Apologetics - 1889 - 276 pages
...think of it ?" George. — " 'Our answer,' says Muller 'to this theory is the same as to the former. There are, no doubt, in every language interjections, and some of them become traditional and enter into the composition of words. But these interjections are only the outskirts... | |
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