An Essay on the Origin of Language: Based on Modern Researches, and Especially on the Works of M. Renan

abstract analogy ancient animals Arian articulate assertions believe Bunsen called catachresis chapter Charma Chinese civilisation conception conventional corruption Crat Cratylus derived dialects divine English Essai existence expression fact faculty Garnett Genesis germ gift whereby grammar Greek Grimm guage Hebrew Herodotus Heyse Hist human human voice ideas idioms imitation inference innate and organic inquiry instance instinct intelligence invented Lactantius Langues Leibnitz Lersch Lucretius mankind Max Müller meaning metaphor modern nations nature Nodier object observed onomatopoeia onomatopoeic origin of language philologists philology philosophers Phrygian language Plato poet primitive language proved Psammetichus quoted race reason remarks Renan result revealed revelation of language roots Sanskrit savage says Semitic Semitic languages sensations sense seqq signs soul sounds speak speech supposed supposition System der Sprachwissenschaft theory things thought tion tongue traces triliteral truth Ursprung der Sprache utterances verb vocable voice words καὶ τὰ τὸ