New-York tribune., 1871-07-28
pTlLOLOGY.
GENERA DRIFT or DISCUS 'ON.

GREEK AND LATIN NUNCIATIoN-PIuLoLoGY
AND THE DARWIN THEoRi-THE ORIGIN VI
LANGUAGE-r4E ALGONKIN AGAIN
Nrw-HAvrT, Jlly 27.-To the unlearneu' tl'o
bv.pay so 10 spt3t. the interesting work OF ,'o
citation In this psy opinions are delivered anu S"eS,
,i,s ro,onnd,3 Dol n really bear directly OH lle
reforms expected o. the Convention Memu''S' % Ni'%
tieas not very l. rly defined. and S"o"'" w." -.
the coucet Of tcr wn importance, Col1e 'iso ON
spring on the a.-.n hlage some oid"'i"' r., ,,,o
purely ccntrovlrs.uual points ana mar ,,,,1
~. .r,,,sIy and tumultuousy appauu
and sooo,1 tho. ANY ratocinations lheIo IT, "o"
ever a cou>cr, ...ve knot OF thinkers ""o i w -, :,
3ptorcsts of fine society and chain Down INC s"So's'
with who'll some sr'crty' ,., 49,. ,,,., hoo,
On The subi,ct of latin pronunciation 'hV'c nav o'
',,..,'.f,-. l..i nothing has yet been decided so
- a.,,rr The continental pronunciation, ana
-. ~ n choose. 20 branch of Independently, may
cn,ipue the loudly condemned diverse pronunciation
The anib cuitics uf1 anomalies Of cohoqmai EhRlsh
have been discussed. ridcucd and condemned hut no
defined reform . suggested. One indignant gen
uap calls ,bc r.ution Of the Society to such bar
,larsm rs Gin ouI midst" printed in the works OF q
,re,t sfous domination, which boasts many flour
fishing colleges iu very State in the Union Another
dccr-scarchiug student Of words volunteers to read TO
te astoi.doa ly 10000 English words when nave
no ycstge in ta current English lexicons or dcuon-
TIE .rors OF THE THIRD DAY.
Uoconauored Us tle Art Reception and attendant dis
spaton. tho ". .r-1phc cOuclaye set the whee's oI
e,ienco in mot.... ,his morning, with undmiHished
force ana arl5r. first paper was presented oy lroi'
yi,i,ucv traver. . tho arguments Of the Darwin
school m ,lc of i , link language to the evolution
t.oCrv and lrgutaiuiug the utter ulIal-
~ Of such aims and ano,cndT arguments he dTeii
on more Gstiuct s cont nliug that theories so iaSe'
from such men. r' the more mischevous IN pfopoT-
zion 20 their authors, weight in science ana letters.
6,Alcghcr, imrlc- with the DarWman loe%s, &GiaMS &
parallel between the sccncoso of pholocy and zcoo'
inferrrc The truf md s0undneSs OF Darwnlsm mere
from. TINS clam Prof. Wnney regards as dispIoI@td yea
by every devcol l.e4 Of language 10 uhdtTSauu tt @
forces at work So language we must he willing TO e1-
anime effects n petty prooac Ge13ll ~ "9Sc
now rs i'm Ter ImeS is IN constant s!{evt go,
and growth, AMI ought not to he difficult 10 rec
and then by cor ring the modes and results OF earlier
grOwtls, 10 whether different forces may or
language t. lave different meaning from that OF
their origin Tho worldwide change OF priest from me me
simple O1cr pcrp designated 10 the cOnsecIate
c IN o V ~ TT i,S,fcd The necrSr American
use of college quite different from the English is due TO
ne frroWth of American educational appIcances
Beside this, cOL Prof Whitney, we let words ana
phrases grow obsolete and eXnctthat is Use them less
snd less and ua not at all. schlecher asserts that
language il The audible symptom of the activity Of
complex OF mates relations otherwise undiscoyer-
able pcoularcs ui organization" But, while every hut
man being has c capacity of speech none are directed
by nature 10 speak any one language rather
prove the trau-mutabiliy Of animal and vegetable
species scheicr declares that speech is the sole ex
really being distinctive quality is not quality At
a-merJN possession. Inc capacity OF epceCn Is Il
quality ana one amoug many quaItles that eolS,'ut
the higher endJWe of man; but let the child of the
Ia'S' mos t1 er"w u M m0nsf in solitude and he viii
no more employ language than lie will build temple,
ns5 81 81 ps ce R hSp Single M 'e R
divdua ii thrown upon his unaided resources, to
sDsak. Hence II cannot be true, as these men argue
chat linguistic science the conclusion that man
re Of Ianguage bSs nothinr to DO with the growth
OF mar Man existed before the developments of speech
leguu-he did become simply through or by IT,
prof whitney covered the entire field oi controversy
upon which the Darwin tn Orsis struggle Tor the an OF
language in tAo establishing of the theory OF CeNeCQ-
ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE.
This paper was followed by Prof. March Of Lafayette
College On the Origin Of Language" Tle elements OF
roots Of speech to be found in two sources-hr the
natural language instinct second, the sounds Of ex
ternal objects which man initiates when he wishes TO
describe them. The paper examines the proportion in
early works We're examined to see what proportion Of
tAeir words are names OF sounds. The result Is
slnscrit works, Homer Kalewala, &C., the
habit OF utteIing them Is also already attained Cy
srses they speak themselves without effort whereas
more ike pantomime than speech, and a rare gift 1t
would seei then, that there is no SditHs in mans his
X4fed Sreech is proper growth from the natural speech
of man OnOmatOpy has always been by-play N speec9
No objects named or described from the soHnas
which they make, and sounds OF any KIND except the
voice Of man. very seldom occur Hence u Is ihIsir @
large portion Of the roots The same result would nc
obtained studying tlt nature or the case Inc
s:nCtve language expresses the most essenai nes
Inan-ove, hate. joy sorrow, are uttered by IT. II IN
naturally named which directly affect these wants
A. is the scientific view 10 make the accumulation OF
what was an anthopOd-ape is to he considered true man
This view agrees, like the Suboahual ulsustto
with the old Orthodox belief that man was created Win
tae divine gift OF language
@,. Sign 1ASGUAGE.
Pgesilen, samson OF Columbia College followed with
,,par ON osirn Language" which he said was noticed
6y Plato and analyzed by Kames, the substitute Tor
words used by foreigner and tie CHIEF power az an
accompaniment Of the orators, is now becoming an eaD-
Grated new tongue for deaf mues. In natural signs
fisre are two classes of eements mimic appropriations
forms and acts and symDohc 81 ioe@1 %
sentiments. To these the ieachei auus "
i,,fc ,igUs Ia elementary instruction the hlhdl0u
tSnitSst Tie Egyptian hierogyphic Of Chi
rose written characters are OF the same
II0nctic In The advance educIon Of the deaf muter,
Y0 methods are suggested one is the effort to acquire
I'm speec-a method which has the advantage OF putting
tho mute 10 immediate intercourse with the whole world
lps for new ideas he conveyed. This method espe-
ciAlly illustrates the law OF the Improvement If not Of
tie on gu language. First roots are acquired, VeIhs
more roady than nouns, because sign represents an
readily than form Ilen ioaoW al the Inodin-
then bv mere terminal atXes TO the man sign linen
follow svstemateal arrangement OF VERBS t4In.' anu
fbpr adncts the verb IN rude tongues al nrst hay-
ing ,rdence but the teacher gradually training the
NJ 4, , "reminiscences OF rhetorical arrangement. 1t is
ydtbv of noe that In the training Of single deaf
mute there is a progress through all the stages OF I'M
ustc opmeut observed in the history OF the Ian
me sSbieci proved Unexpectedly in teresting the dis
oussiou ecting word from at least dozen members.
Pro. C.we D illustrating the wonderful precision Of
The sigu Language, said that deaf gri known 10 nun
lad atiuned such proficiency ia telling words by the
formal on Of the lips that hundreds of people cOnvcsed
with her without being aware OF her ailcuOn CIGh,
Ce!Dr Crosby related the case OF dear mute VINO
IaI Z. 1uested him 20 remove his mustache, as
she cou Z hear him. Mr.. Brsted was reminded OF
tie Significance and scope Of sign language by the la
lc which he presumed was not faunlLI 10 th. EIdNe