| Edwin Bryant - 2001 - Страниц: 400
...mangaldcdra of comparative philology: The Sanskrit language, whatever may be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek,...roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong, indeed, that no philologer could examine them all... | |
| Adrian Akmajian, Richard A. Demer, Ann K. Farmer, Robert M. Harnish - 2001 - Страниц: 628
...antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin ... yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both...roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all... | |
| Edo Nyland - 2001 - Страниц: 576
...languages, such as Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, Gothic, Celtic and Persian must come from the same source: "a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong, indeed, that nophilologer could examine them all... | |
| Li Jin, Mark Seielstad, Chunjie Xiao - 2001 - Страниц: 196
...copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a strong affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all... | |
| Jonathan D. Hill, Fernando Santos-Granero - 2002 - Страниц: 360
...Greek, Latin, and English. The often-quoted observation states that "The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity is of wonderful structure; more perfect...roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all... | |
| Kirsten Malmkjær - 2002 - Страниц: 696
...existed. In his words (in Lehmann 1967: 15): The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek,...roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all... | |
| Terry Crowley - 2002 - Страниц: 308
...related idea of language families back in l786: The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure: more perfect than the Greek,...roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident: so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all... | |
| Mariasusai Dhavamony - 2002 - Страниц: 234
...wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latm, and more exquisitely refmed than either; yet bearing to both of them a stronger...of verbs, and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accidem; so strong indeed that no philologer could examine them all... | |
| Spencer Wells - 2002 - Страниц: 264
...noted that Sanskrit (the religious language of Hinduism) bore a closer resemblance to Greek and Latin 'both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident'. So much so, he concluded, that they must 'have sprung from... | |
| Mark Aronoff, Janie Rees-Miller - 2003 - Страниц: 854
...William Jones' (17461794) statement in 1786: The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek,...roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all... | |
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