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Elementary forms of linguistic organisation
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New Essays on the Origin of Language
What song the Sirens sang, o r what nanie I X? IVolfgnn,q Klein Pvincipien clo. L!ptachg~schichte markecl tlie culniination of nineteenth-century linguistic thoiight, it was evident tliat there can be only one scientific approach to laiiguage: diaclironic analysis. Studying tlie present may weil uncover facts, but it caniiot explain thein. It is thus not truly scientific: Es ist eingewendet, daß es noch eine andere wissenschaftliche Betrachtung der Sprache gibe. als die geschichtliche. Ich
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