 The direction of movement is towards flectionless languages (such as Chinese, or to a certain extent Modern English) with § 5. It is impossible to decide the case between Bopp's and Jespersen's hypotheses upon the basis of either historical or comparative...  Harvard Studies in Classical Philology - Strana 71podľa Harvard University - 1905Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Otto Jespersen - 1894 - Počet stránok 396
...the dative case and which the singular number. 270. The direction of movement is towards flexionless languages (such as Chinese, or to a certain extent Modern English) with freely combinable elements ; the starting-point was flexional languages (such as Latin or Greek) ;... | |
 | Harvard University - 1905 - Počet stránok 188
...key to flection in general, great exception may be taken.' 3 Progress in Language, p. 347, § 27o: 'The direction of movement is towards flectionless...'These1 terms [suffix, prefix, etc.] all presuppose a certain2 original independence, such as the members of a compound like modern High German gottes-gabe.... | |
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