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... multiplied forms , defective information , 197 Suggestions respecting highly inflected languages , Grammatical forms in the earliest stages of society , 201 206 No. 1. Grammatical Notices . APPENDIX . Eskimaux ; Athapascas xii CONTENTS .
... multiplied forms , defective information , 197 Suggestions respecting highly inflected languages , Grammatical forms in the earliest stages of society , 201 206 No. 1. Grammatical Notices . APPENDIX . Eskimaux ; Athapascas xii CONTENTS .
Page 162
... inflected languages seem to be more liable to alterations , than those which , like that spoken in China , consist principally of mono- syllables . Although , for a proper study of the character of a language , a dictionary could afford ...
... inflected languages seem to be more liable to alterations , than those which , like that spoken in China , consist principally of mono- syllables . Although , for a proper study of the character of a language , a dictionary could afford ...
Page 165
... inflections of the ancient languages , auxiliary verbs and separable prepositions ; and the inflections or compounded words , in the classical lan- guages , bear no proportion in point of number to the multiplied forms and combinations ...
... inflections of the ancient languages , auxiliary verbs and separable prepositions ; and the inflections or compounded words , in the classical lan- guages , bear no proportion in point of number to the multiplied forms and combinations ...
Page 166
... inflections by which it is designated , the Eskimaux , the Choctaws , the Muskhogees , and , it is believed , the Sioux , having no inflection of that description , may , in that sense , be said to make no distinction between gen- ders ...
... inflections by which it is designated , the Eskimaux , the Choctaws , the Muskhogees , and , it is believed , the Sioux , having no inflection of that description , may , in that sense , be said to make no distinction between gen- ders ...
Page 167
... inflections of transitive verbs , according as they govern the noun of an animate , or of an inanimate object . But ... inflection , which designates the plural of nouns , varies according to the class to which the noun belongs ...
... inflections of transitive verbs , according as they govern the noun of an animate , or of an inanimate object . But ... inflection , which designates the plural of nouns , varies according to the class to which the noun belongs ...
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Abenakis adjectives Algonkin Algonkin-Lenape American amongst animate appear Athapasca belonging Boston called Capt Captain Carolina Catawbas Charlevoix Cherokee Chicasas Chippeways Choctaw Christian Indians colony conjugation Creeks degree of north Delawares dialects dual east eastern enemy English ermikp Eskimaux father Five Nations French Gookin Grammar hundred Hurons Indian languages inflections inhabitants Island Lake lands Lenape living lungiha Massachusetts mentioned Miamis miles Mississippi Mohawks Mountains mouth Muskhogee Nanticokes Narragansets neen north latitude nouns object plural possessive praying Indians prefixed principal probably pronouns Red River respect Sachem Sauks second person settlements Shawnoes sing singular Sioux Six Nations South Carolina southern speak Susquehannocks tenses termination territory thee third person thou thousand souls tion tokchě transitions treaty treaty of Easton tsheeng Tuscaroras Tuteloes verb vicinity villages vocabulary wadchan warriors western Woccons wonni words Wyandots Yamassees