American Languages, and Why We Should Study Them

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Author: Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison),1837-1899
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American Languages, and Why We Should Study Them

American Languages, and Why We Should Study Them

$15.36

American Languages, and Why We Should Study Them

$15.36
Author: Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison),1837-1899
Format: eBook
Language: English

American Languages, and Why We Should Study Them

It might be thought that such a topic, in America and among Americans, would attract a reasonably large number of students. The interest which attaches to our native soil and to the homes of our ancestorsan interest which it is the praiseworthy purpose of this Society to inculcate and cherishthis interest might be supposed to extend to the languages of those nations who for uncounted generations possessed the land which we have occupied relatively so short a time. This supposition would seem the more reasonable in view of the fact that in one sense these languages have not died out among us. True, they are no longer media of intercourse, but they survive in thousands of geographical names all over our land. In the State of Connecticut alone there are over six hundred, and even more in Pennsylvania. Certainly it would be a most legitimate anxiety which should direct itself to the preservation of the correct forms and precise meanings of these numerous and peculiarly national designations. One would think that this alone would not fail to excite something more than a languid curiosity in American linguistics, at least in our institutions of learning and societies for historical research. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 32552
Author: Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison)
Release Date: May 27, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English

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