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Excerpt from The Order of Words in the Ancient Languages Compared With That of the Modern LanguagesThe author''s notes I have in nearly all cases marked with the signature W. A very few I have omitted where their retention seemed of no importance to the English reader. Here and there I have added a line or a word in the text when this brief expla nation obviated the necessity of a note. In a few cases I have incorporated a note by the author into the text where this seemed to me an improvement. Many of the quotations from the Greek and the Latin are given without translation in the original work. Besides, as the French translation, where the author has added one, would be of little value to the English reader, I have in many cases omitted it and supplied its place with an English translation. Where the author''s words would be of interest to those who read French, I have retained them enclosed in brackets. In all cases where it seemed advisable I have supplied an English version, whether a French one was given or not. Where a suitable one was within reach, I used it; where not, -and this was the case in a majority of instances, - I made one or changed another''s to suit my purpose. Some who will read these pages could doubtless have made better; a large number will perhaps think they could do so until they have themselves made the trial.As the class of readers for which the translation is intended is less learned than that for which the original was prepared, there was need of a considerable number of notes by the translator. Some were also rendered necessary by the change in the point of view from French to English. It has been no easy matter to decide how numerous or how long to make them. The thesis touches upon many points of interest to philologists; but how many of these by-paths, frequently so alluring, one ought here to follow, and how far to follow them, are questions upon which there will probably be a wide divergence of opinion. I have been guided by what I regarded as the needs of the class for which the translation is primarily intended.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Henri Weil, Books, Reference and Language, The Order of Words in the Ancient Languages Compared With That of the Modern Languages (Classic Reprint) Books>Reference and Language, FB&C Ltd<

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[EAN: 9781330412886], Neubuch, [PU: Forgotten Books], Language: English . This book usually ship within 10-15 business days and we will endeavor to dispatch orders quicker than this where possible. Brand New Book. Excerpt from The Order of Words in the Ancient Languages Compared With That of the Modern Languages The author s notes I have in nearly all cases marked with the signature W. A very few I have omitted where their retention seemed of no importance to the English reader. Here and there I have added a line or a word in the text when this brief expla nation obviated the necessity of a note. In a few cases I have incorporated a note by the author into the text where this seemed to me an improvement. Many of the quotations from the Greek and the Latin are given without translation in the original work. Besides, as the French translation, where the author has added one, would be of little value to the English reader, I have in many cases omitted it and supplied its place with an English translation. Where the author s words would be of interest to those who read French, I have retained them enclosed in brackets. In all cases where it seemed advisable I have supplied an English version, whether a French one was given or not. Where a suitable one was within reach, I used it; where not, -and this was the case in a majority of instances, - I made one or changed another s to suit my purpose. Some who will read these pages could doubtless have made better; a large number will perhaps think they could do so until they have themselves made the trial. As the class of readers for which the translation is intended is less learned than that for which the original was prepared, there was need of a considerable number of notes by the translator. Some were also rendered necessary by the change in the point of view from French to English. It has been no easy matter to decide how numerous or how long to make them. The thesis touches upon many points of interest to philologists; but how many of these by-paths, frequently so alluring, one ought here to follow, and how far to follow them, are questions upon which there will probably be a wide divergence of opinion. I have been guided by what I regarded as the needs of the class for which the translation is primarily intended. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.<

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Paperback, [EAN: 9781330412886], Forgotten Books, Forgotten Books, Book, [PU: Forgotten Books], 2017-06-08, Forgotten Books, Excerpt from The Order of Words in the Ancient Languages Compared With That of the Modern Languages The English-speaking student who enters upon the study of an ancient language is soon led to ask, "Why is the order of words to which I am accustomed so different from this? and why does an ancient writer put his thoughts together in a way that seems so unnatural?" When he comes to the German he finds its arrangement a little less unusual; while if he undertakes the French he soon discovers far more points of agreement than dissimilarity between the new language and his own. There may be nothing surprising to him in the fact that hardly am two languages designate the same object with precisely the same term; but why should the component parts of a complex thought be arranged so differently with respect to one another? We read what Greek and Roman and Hebrew and German thinkers have said upon all questions of general human interest and see nothing foreign in their ideas. There is no ancient history, or philosophy, that is materially unlike in its principles what is called modern history, or modern philosophy. When we have extracted the ideas from the unfamiliar words and their strange arrangement, we find nothing about them which, generally speaking, impresses us as strange. We must conclude, then, that the human mind is the same in all ages, where the civilization is virtually on the same level. In poetic composition it is easy to see why words cannot be arranged in the same order when a thought in different languages is expressed in words of different lengths and differently accented. In prose, the reason of the divergence is much more difficult to discover. Perhaps no one would maintain that any amount of research will ever make it possible to account for the minor divergences of speech. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important histor, 275738, Languages, 251718011, Key Stages 1-4, 251710011, Grammar, dictionaries & phrasebooks, 714256, English as a Foreign Language, 276888, By Language, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 277027, Language, 277029, Braille & Sign Language, 277030, Communication, 277032, Grammar, Structure & Syntax, 277033, Handwriting, 277042, Literacy, 277051, Readers, 277052, Reading Skills, 277053, Reference, 277063, Slang & Jargon, 277065, Speech, 277068, Translation & Interpretation, 277069, Vocabulary, 59, Reference, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books<

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[EAN: 9781330412886], New book, [PU: Forgotten Books, United States], Language: English . Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. Excerpt from The Order of Words in the Ancient Languages Compared With That of the Modern Languages The English-speaking student who enters upon the study of an ancient language is soon led to ask, Why is the order of words to which I am accustomed so different from this? and why does an ancient writer put his thoughts together in a way that seems so unnatural? When he comes to the German he finds its arrangement a little less unusual; while if he undertakes the French he soon discovers far more points of agreement than dissimilarity between the new language and his own. There may be nothing surprising to him in the fact that hardly am two languages designate the same object with precisely the same term; but why should the component parts of a complex thought be arranged so differently with respect to one another? We read what Greek and Roman and Hebrew and German thinkers have said upon all questions of general human interest and see nothing foreign in their ideas. There is no ancient history, or philosophy, that is materially unlike in its principles what is called modern history, or modern philosophy. When we have extracted the ideas from the unfamiliar words and their strange arrangement, we find nothing about them which, generally speaking, impresses us as strange. We must conclude, then, that the human mind is the same in all ages, where the civilization is virtually on the same level. In poetic composition it is easy to see why words cannot be arranged in the same order when a thought in different languages is expressed in words of different lengths and differently accented. In prose, the reason of the divergence is much more difficult to discover. Perhaps no one would maintain that any amount of research will ever make it possible to account for the minor divergences of speech. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.<

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