Linguistic essays /

by Carl Abel.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Abel, Karl, 1837-1906.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: London : Trübner, 1882.
Series:Trübner's oriental series.
Subjects:
Notes:Half title: Trübner's oriental series.

Physical description: vi, 265 p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)

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Table of Contents:
Language as the expression of national modes of thought.
The conception of love in some ancient and modern languages
The English verbs of command
The discrimination of synonyms
Philological methods
The connection between dictionary and grammar
The possibility of a common literary language for the Slav nations
Coptic intensification
The origin of language
The order and position of words in the Latin sentence.