 | Lord James Burnett Monboddo - 1774 - 614 Seiten
...thefe purpofes, we have feen in the courfe of this work, how many things were required. Firft, That a fyftem of etymology was to be formed, by which the...numbers, were to be invented ; which anfwered a double pxirpofe, both of expreffing different relations and other circumftances of things, and of connecting... | |
 | James Burnet - 1774 - 618 Seiten
...thefe purpofes, we have feen in the courfe of this work, how many things were required. FirrV, That a fyftem of etymology was to be formed, by which the...different relations and other circumftances of things, and of connecting words together in fyntax. Then tenfes and moods of verbs were to be contrived, by... | |
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That a fyftem of etymology was to be formed, by which the whole language was to be derived from certain primitive founds, or radical words. Then cafes, genders, and numbers, were to be invented ; which anfwered a double purpofe, both of expreffing different... 