 | Jonathan D. Hill, Fernando Santos-Granero - 2002 - 360 sivua
...English. The often-quoted observation states that "The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity is of wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek,...roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all... | |
 | Stuart Peterfreund - 2002 - 432 sivua
...Discourse" (1786), Shelley would have known that "The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek,...either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity . . . than could possibly have been produced by accident." And Shelley would also have known that Sanskrit... | |
 | Owen Barfield - 2002 - 244 sivua
...the European and Sanskrit languages. In 1786 Sir William Jones described that language as being 'of wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek,...than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than i9 either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms... | |
 | Spencer Wells - 2002 - 264 sivua
...noted that Sanskrit (the religious language of Hinduism) bore a closer resemblance to Greek and Latin 'both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident'. So much so, he concluded, that they must 'have sprung from... | |
 | Mariasusai Dhavamony - 2002 - 234 sivua
...and Finnish belong to the Finno-Ugrian family. The Sanskrit language, whatever be its amiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latm, and more exquisitely refmed than either; yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both... | |
 | Mark Aronoff, Janie Rees-Miller - 2003 - 854 sivua
...William Jones' (17461794) statement in 1786: The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek,...roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all... | |
 | Narendranath B. Patil - 2003 - 432 sivua
...philology: "The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely...roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all... | |
 | Donald R. Kelley - 2008 - 440 sivua
...expressed by William Jones in 1786 in this way: "The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek,...of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of the verbs and the forms of the grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong,... | |
 | Robert Eric Frykenberg, Alaine M. Low - 2003 - 436 sivua
...studies in comparative linguistics. Jones said: The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek,...than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affmity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced... | |
 | Sharada Sugirtharajah - 2003 - 196 sivua
...poets and philosophers such as Homer, Plato, and Pindar. Jones speaks of the Sanskrit language as being "more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin and more exquisitely refined than either" (ibid.: 26). 2S Jones' representation of Hinduism needs to be seen in the light of his predetermined... | |
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The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs... 
