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Brotherton Collection5
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society5
English Literature2
Quaker Collection2
Herbert Read Collection1
Leeds Russian Archive1

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grammar, comparative and general32
language and languages16
basque language5
ethnology5
society of friends3
chinese language2
chinese poetry2
english language2
linguistics2
poetry2

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Harris, James (1709-1780)6
Adelung, Friedrich Von5
Adelung, Friedrich Von (1768-1843)5
Adelung, Johann Christoph (1732-1806)5
Humboldt, Wilhelm5
Humboldt, Wilhelm (1767-1835)5
Vater, Johann Severin5
Vater, Johann Severin (1771-1826)5
Fox, George (1624-1691)3
Furly, Benjamin (1636-1714)3

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The theory of language : in two parts

Beattie, James (1735-1803)

1788

Contents: Part. I. Of the Origin and General Nature of Speech -- Part. II. Of Universal Grammar.

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Hermes : or A philosophical inquiry concerning language and universal grammar

Harris, James (1709-1780)

1751

"J.H." is James Harris.

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Some remarks on the origin on the n-sound

Alexander Jóhannesson (1888-)

1954

"Fylgirit Árbókar Háskólans, 1953-1954".

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Mithridates oder allgemeine Sprachenkunde mit dem Vater Unser als Sprachprobe in beynahe fünfhundert Sprachen und Mundarten (v.1)

Adelung, Johann Christoph (1732-1806); Vater, Johann Severin (1771-1826); Adelung, Friedrich von (1768-1843); Humboldt, Wilhelm (1767-1835)

1806-1817

Vols. 2-4 edited from manuscripts of Adelung, with additions, by Johann Severin Vater.--v. 2-4 t.p. Vol. 3 issued in 3 pts., 1812, 1813, and 1816. Each pt. has separate t.p., and v. 3, pt. 3 has sep...

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Mithridates oder allgemeine Sprachenkunde mit dem Vater Unser als Sprachprobe in beynahe fünfhundert Sprachen und Mundarten (v.2)

Adelung, Johann Christoph (1732-1806); Vater, Johann Severin (1771-1826); Adelung, Friedrich von (1768-1843); Humboldt, Wilhelm (1767-1835)

1806-1817

Vols. 2-4 edited from manuscripts of Adelung, with additions, by Johann Severin Vater.--v. 2-4 t.p. Vol. 3 issued in 3 pts., 1812, 1813, and 1816. Each pt. has separate t.p., and v. 3, pt. 3 has sep...

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Mithridates oder allgemeine Sprachenkunde mit dem Vater Unser als Sprachprobe in beynahe fünfhundert Sprachen und Mundarten (v.3 pt.1)

Adelung, Johann Christoph (1732-1806); Vater, Johann Severin (1771-1826); Adelung, Friedrich von (1768-1843); Humboldt, Wilhelm (1767-1835)

1806-1817

Vols. 2-4 edited from manuscripts of Adelung, with additions, by Johann Severin Vater.--v. 2-4 t.p. Vol. 3 issued in 3 pts., 1812, 1813, and 1816. Each pt. has separate t.p., and v. 3, pt. 3 has sep...

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Mithridates oder allgemeine Sprachenkunde mit dem Vater Unser als Sprachprobe in beynahe fünfhundert Sprachen und Mundarten (v.3 pt.3)

Adelung, Johann Christoph (1732-1806); Vater, Johann Severin (1771-1826); Adelung, Friedrich von (1768-1843); Humboldt, Wilhelm (1767-1835)

1806-1817

Vols. 2-4 edited from manuscripts of Adelung, with additions, by Johann Severin Vater.--v. 2-4 t.p. Vol. 3 issued in 3 pts., 1812, 1813, and 1816. Each pt. has separate t.p., and v. 3, pt. 3 has sep...

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Mithridates oder allgemeine Sprachenkunde mit dem Vater Unser als Sprachprobe in beynahe fünfhundert Sprachen und Mundarten (v.4)

Adelung, Johann Christoph (1732-1806); Vater, Johann Severin (1771-1826); Adelung, Friedrich von (1768-1843); Humboldt, Wilhelm (1767-1835)

1806-1817

Vols. 2-4 edited from manuscripts of Adelung, with additions, by Johann Severin Vater.--v. 2-4 t.p. Vol. 3 issued in 3 pts., 1812, 1813, and 1816. Each pt. has separate t.p., and v. 3, pt. 3 has sep...

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The Chinese written character as a medium for poetry

Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco (1853-1908); Pound, Ezra (1885-1972)

1936

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