New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-30

pie in English is the only proper translation Tor the
Greek aorst participle. short discussion upon the
oorst followed and closed the afternoon Sesslon'
EVENING sEssIoN-GREEK AND LATIN PRO-
NAVIGATION 49, ORIGIN OF LANGUA0E-Eh-,
PATHOLOGICAL PIILOLOGY.
Prof Boise occupiedlthe chair at the even
ing session, which was unusually interest," ny Tho
Committee on Greek and Latin Pronunciao brought IT,
their rerort. recommending that the .r,honr au DC
sounded like the English on, the dip tpg on like the
English oe and the Greek eu like the 6r l,sh yo ghcy
also al lsed that in reading Gr OK ycso the rhythmic
accopt1e preferred TO the tten Ipon these points
they ere unanimous. The r Cor was accepted with no
manifestation Of peculiar IN crest.
Prof. Whitney read pNl,er thu Present Aspect Of
the Origin OF Language. &c rcnarIFed that mo subject
had been discuss "a and none was of repute
The French society Van not even allow any comunlca-
lions ON the suSc' He considered IL leg Innate Sclel-
hc question, to us pursued by strict scientific methods
The facts OF al age and the present known character
stlcs OF human nature must be the basis OF dscusslon
The two lncti Investigation must be kept separate anu
results cOmlGrd one OF the most important points ior
future discussion is az 10 whether The lfst Impulse 10
speak comes from the internal movement OF Thought 10
expression, whether il is evolved from external hu
ences. He inclined 10 the latter view. -,
Dr. Dwight thought that language was not natua a!
growth one is born into il as into government a hiEV
discussion on the beginnings OF speech 81
March thought b useful to inquire if the lower orders 1
animals their voices in communcailon WIN d az
other and 70 what extent started with that ehuo"-
mont and If vocal muscular habits are lnheriiaDe;
Method of the Science Of Language. lie asserted that
the study Of the rude expressions OF nation IN lIs
-
as the prattle children affords Key 10 us chardcs
tic diOms Mentioning sgn-lanS III San h
called attention the fact that the Egyptian hlerOgyph
ics are brought into schools Tor deal mutcs III o
effort obtain new 81 llapes ana mts lCr new ssi
words and signdeas. As the Egyptians drew circle
for eternity teachers OF mutes ehdeaNor 10 give ssns
Prof Hademann thought that men not born into
language that its elements were not furnished IN en-,
trety to Adam Roots SINCE ms te ane DEN i'm
duged in the pronunciation OF various ODD ICols anu
Secnfs be onng to The Arabic HOttentOt, and several
! dialects.
gave his illustrations IN merry and entertaining
STYLE that moved all his solemn brethren 10 laughter,
proceeding 10 the wondering outsider as parado&lcal
| as the figure Of a smiling Fate. ,-
Prof Haldemann. taking advantage OF Dr. Samson 8
Chart Vocal Elements in Hebrew, &c, which was
suspended before the audience called attention 10 the
fact that different nations different elements, some OIL
which, from their difficulty, are unpronounceable to
others OF these he many illustrations as heard by
himself in Arabic, Armenian Albanian ana several Oh
| the Indian dialects OF this country. Replying to DE-
Dwight he said that he could not see what bearing the
naming OF animals by Adam had upon the development
Of species a foreign animal, as morse is DIousnI,
before savage, ana be names as iTeey a. A9a fou
have done, but not with the word mus g tGnOnst1
Indian frames his name on English ana hlsdkihs thc
article ior pat art OF TG VOTE GI bN do the same on
Spanish basis and "cayayO" and "CdNrO; the CnOc
aw names him "ishihOoba" from fancied resem
blance to deer The philosophical Chppewa names MN
"pays ehigOgunesehee, from his geological chaiact Gr-
French or English for another foreign ANIMAL the
rat" but in his independence of thought he sees in IT
with white teeth, namely the field mouse. Words are
found and suxes, and the latter are employed
early. child twenty months Old and using but haf
dozen words, including the simple verb 'see," calls a
horse two " he calls his father papa, and any other
| man "pappy;" his mother "mama," and his nurse
mammy. Nor is 1t true that man uses no words except
such he has heard Crowther says in his MandlnSo
grammar that these people have no words for
many things pertaining to government and
| society. They live in vast low PLAIN, with
out mountains, rocks or rivulets, and were they to
emigrate and become civilized according TO TINS theory
they could words for these things. On the CON
| trafy infants brought up Deaf and Dumb Asylum
would naturally fan into speech OF their own. Some
Pacific islands but few feet above the Level
of the Their only quadrupeds rats Their food
cocoa nuts and fish They havescarcey food ana wafer
enough 10 support dozen people, and the surplus pOpu
latOn must be destroyed Let such an island be giadu
ally elevated according TO Mr.. Lyel's theory, INTO
large island, like Hawaii and the vocabulary ana IAN
| Cuage would grow rapidly rs the population. In a
order of things nation which does not count be
yOnd three four i've, will develop its Enumeration 10
hundreds and thousands when the necessity arises.