How to Learn Philology: A Simple and Introductory Book for Teachers and Learners

Eustace Miles

London, 1899 - Linguistics - 291 pages

Contents

• PREPACE: 1
• What different theories have been suggested as to the Origins: 7
• d State and illustrate by a Plan the relation of Greek: 16
• Define the Aeolic Dialect and mention its chief features: 35
• In what forms might the following words be found on Early: 44
• Write down the Classical forms for the following Early Latin: 51
• What were the words for which the following Abbreviations: 57
• a In the following English words give the MāterLanguage: 64
• What do you know about the Early and later Accent in: 72
• a Classify the different kinds of Compound Words in Eng: 79
• 99: 83
• a Greek is nearer to the MāterLanguage than Latin: 99
• a What was the Root of pépw pópos ? Give a few words which: 105
• Analyse the Early forms of the following Greek words with: 123
• λύσαι μέμβλωκα μεμάτω Μούσαι οινοπέδου: 131
• Sum up a the Data by which we analyse a word in a certain: 151
• PART IV: 157
• and what he did d in another boat I am coming to: 159
• From what IndoEuropean letters do the following letters: 165
• Explain the following Technical Terms with Instances: 171
• a What was the nature of the Greek as opposed to the Latin: 192
• sounds are made: 201
• How did the Classical Latin Alphabet differ from ours?: 209
• What is meant by a Particle ? Illustrate your answer: 229
• How have the commonest Mistakes in MSS arisen? Invent: 245
• When is an Emendation most plausible and how should: 252
• Mention a few of the services done by the following toa: 259
• List of Useful BooksOn EnglishOn GreekOn Greek Dialects: 269
• 115: 276
• 188: 279
• 130: 283

Popular passages

Page 45 - ... figi iubeatis, ubi facillime nosci possit ; atque ut ea Bacchanalia, si qua sunt, extra quam si quid ibi sacri est, ita ut supra scriptum est, in diebus X. quibus vobis tabulae datae erunt, faciatis ut dimota sint in agro Teurano. ] V. Extract from the lex lulia Municipals, enacted by C.‎

Page 248 - Philosophia unde dicta sit, apparet; ipso enim nomine fatetur. Quidam et sapientiam ita quidam finierunt, ut dicerent divinorum et humanorum sapientiam...‎

Page 44 - Lucium Scipionem : filius Barbati consul censor aedilis hic fuit apud vos: hic cepit Corsicam Aleriamque urbem pugnando, dédit Tempestatibus aedem mérito votam.] II.‎

Page 61 - Accent following the t, then t' = d, not th: cp. 0n-d and deed. Greek shows this Early Accent very clearly. In order to remember Grimm's Law and Verner's Law, it is best to start with instances, which can be collected in a Hexameter: under each word write the Greek word, then the Mater-Language consonants, then the English word with the consonant in capitals or thick type. The Laws can easily be gathered from the instances, and can then be applied to other instances. Latin: turba pedes in agris centum...‎

Page 61 - Greek shows this Early Accent very clearly. In order to remember Grimm's Law and Verner's Law, it is best to start with instances, which can be collected in a Hexameter: under each word write the Greek word, then the Mater-Language consonants, then the English word with the consonant • in capitals or thick type. The Laws can easily be gathered from the instances, and can then be applied to other instances. Latin: turba pedes in agris centum fert facta et in hortis. Greek: ri^fa Tt66at (iv) a-ypoif...‎

Page 217 - This is called the Struggle for Existence, and it results in the Survival of the Fittest...‎

Page 3 - Science as a subject of teaching, especially for the young, because it is absolutely harmless ; whereas a superficial knowledge of Science has often led to Agnosticism or to Atheism.‎

Page 191 - Long, as in sese, oboédit ; but (iii) it fell on the last Syllable but two, if the last but one was short, as in córrigat, melioribus.‎

Page 217 - Fittest ; for at first, in looking round us, we are apt to say that there are too many people in the world, that there are more than we need for the various purposes of life : where one would be enough, we find several.‎

Bibliographic information

• Title: How to Learn Philology: A Simple and Introductory Book for Teachers and Learners
• Author: Eustace Miles
• Publisher: London, 1899
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Jan 30, 2007
• Length: 291 pages