The meaning of words
Subtitle: analysed into words and unverbal things, and unverbal things classified into intellections, sensations, and emotions. By A. B. Johnson ...
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781425524005
Subjects: American history; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; United States - General; History / United States / General
First sentence: 1. LIKE the whistle of the winds, the lowing of oxen, and the chirp of birds, words are mere sounds, apart from the signification which they acquire conventionally or otherwise; and to the people of one nation, the unaccustomed language of another nation is still unmeaning sounds.