10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLYGLOTTOUS»
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polyglottous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Making of a Speaker
"A polyglottous nation is an anomaly. 'Polyglottous' means 'many tongues' — the
term refers to such a nation as the old Austro- Hungarian Empire which was
formed by many peoples speaking many tongues. An anomaly is something that
is ...
William Mathias Lamers, Mary Edward Smith, 1937
... in the schools, although the other two languages are usually incorporated into
the curriculum as a mandatory or elective course. . 122: polyglottal: Alternate form
, as are “polyglottic” and “polyglottous,” of the adjective “polyglot,” all meaning ...
3
Lectures on the Science of Language
Of Adelung's Mithridates and his obligations to Leibniz we shall have to speak
presently. Hervas lived from 1735 to 1809. He was a Spaniard by birth, and a
Jesuit by profession. While working as a missionary among the polyglottous
tribes of ...
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Lectures on the Science of Language, Delivered at the Royal ...
\Vhile working as a missionary among the Polyglottous tribes of America, his
attention was drawn to a systematic study of languages. After his return, he lived
chiefly at Rome in the midst of the numerous Jesuit missionaries who had been ...
Friedrich Max Müller, 1869
The age of history is equated with the fall from grace and the subsequent
dispersal of races and polyglottous confusion. The age of history is the age of
nations and thus of necessity the age of writing. Consequently, a scientific
endeavor which ...
6
Colonial Space: Spatiality in the Discourse of German South ...
The age of history is equated with the fall from grace and the subsequent
dispersal of races and polyglottous confusion. The age of history is the age of
nations and thus of necessity the age of writing. Consequently, a scientific
endeavor which ...
7
The African Palimpsest: Indigenization of Language in the ...
The West African writer, for his part, is a polyglottous writer writing in a situation of
acute diglossia in a multilingual state. ' See Walter Ong, "Orality, Literacy, and
Medieval TextuaHzation," New Literary History, 16:1 (Autumn 1984), 1-11.
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The Progressive Dictionary of the English Language: A ...
The polyglottous tribes of America.' Max Hiiller. Pol y glycer lne(pol'i-glls''er-m),n. [
ur.woA«, many, and Eng. glycerine.] A condensed variety of glvcerlue. Ronsiter.
Pol y gon (pol'i-gon), a.— Similar polygons, those which have their several ...
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Estudios ofrecidos a Emilio Alarcos Llorach: (con motivo de ...
Del Mithridates la pretendida información pasó a Max Müller, que la amplió: «He
[Hervás] was Spaniard by birth, and a Jesuit by profession. While working as a
missionary among the polyglottous tribes of America, his attention was drawn to a
...
Universidad de Oviedo, 1978
... of the polyglottous crowd. The Bantu, or native races, will not gain by the
privilege, and from the standpoint of the comparative philologist the "Kaffir" is
more deserving of official recognition than the debased " Hottentot " or " Kitchen
Dutch.
