 | 1820 - 596 páginas
...the political fabric of society. There is an ordinary dialect, and another expressive of respect. " A servant addresses his master in the language of...husband, if there be much disparity in their ages,— and a courtier his princp. The superior replies in the ordinary dialect, tbe language still affording modifications... | |
 | 1820 - 606 páginas
...political fabric of society. There is an ordinary dialect, and another exprès» sive of respect. " A servant addresses his master in the language of deference, — a child his paient, —4 wife her husband, if there be much disparity in their ages, — and a courtier his primv.... | |
 | 1822 - 762 páginas
...lesser by the second. Thus, gtimrat means the noise of a door on its hinges, while gumret and gttntrit mean the same thing, each in a less intense degree....dialect, the language still affording modifications ami distinctions, according to the rank of the person he addresses, until that rank rises to equality,... | |
 | 1870 - 736 páginas
...the relations in which the speakers stand to each other, as they happen to be inferior or superior. A servant addresses his master in the language of...courtier his prince. The superior replies in the ordinary dialect."t But this remarkable peculiarity • is equally observable in those of the South Sea Islands,... | |
 | John Dunmore Lang - 1834 - 278 páginas
...address a superior." " This distinction," observes Mr. Crawfurd, in a passage also quoted by Mr. M. " by no means implies a court or polished language,...prince. The superior replies in the ordinary dialect."* This distinction is not resolvable into such solitary perversions of speech as are observable even... | |
 | William Marsden - 1834 - 192 páginas
...of which no one dare address a superior."—" This distinction," CRAWFUKD states, on the contrary, " by no means implies a court or polished language,...prince. The superior replies in the ordinary dialect." From hence it appears that this language of deference or respect is altogether artificial; and an inspection... | |
 | John Dunmore Lang - 1834 - 276 páginas
...address a superior." " This distinction," observes Mr. Crawfurd, in a passage also quoted by Mr. M. " by no means implies a court or polished language,...prince. The superior replies in the ordinary dialect."* This distinction is not resolvable into such solitary perversions of speech as are observable even... | |
 | John Dunmore Lang - 1834 - 278 páginas
...address a superior." " This distinction," observes Mr. Crawfurd, in a passage also quoted by Mr. M. " by no means implies a court or polished language,...prince. The superior replies in the ordinary dialect."* This distinction is not resolvable into such solitary perversions of speech as are observable even... | |
 | Joseph Beete Jukes - 1847 - 406 páginas
...polite and cultivated, and all depends on the relations in which' the speakers stand to each other. A servant addresses his master in the language of...be much disparity in their ages, and the courtier expression, but in many cases an absolute difference in the words ; it being a high mark of disrespect... | |
 | John Dunmore Lang - 1877 - 380 páginas
...the relations in which the speakers stand to each other, as they happen to be interior or superior. A servant addresses his master in the language of...prince. The superior replies in the ordinary dialect."* But this remarkable peculiarity is equally observable in those of the South Sea Islands, in which there... | |
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This distinction by no means implies a court or polished language, opposed to a vulgar or popular one, for both are equally polite and cultivated, and all depends on the relations in which the speakers stand to each other, as they happen to be inferiors... 