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and, of the cases, it had in familiar some
[?] [?from] - the nominative, genitive
dative, and accusative - with traces of
a fifth, the instrumental." - Page 189
"The seat of "euphony," as we somewhat
mistakenly term it, is in the mouth,
not in the ear; words are changed in phonetic
structure, not according to the impression
they make upon the organ of hearing,
but according to the action which they
call for in the organ of speaking; physiological,
not acoustic relations [?determines]
how sounds shall pass with one another
in the process of linguistic growth."

"Change of meaning is a more fundamental
and essential part of linguistic growth
than change of form."

"These two in fact-- the restriction and
specialization of general issues, and

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