The dialects spoken by the modern inferior races, only concrete objects and actions find due expression. Australians are names for all kinds of trees, but do not have words for the concept "tree" in General, regardless of its type; and, although some researchers claim that their dictionary is not quite deprived of generic names, still, the extreme poverty of their language no doubt. Same thing Tasmanians. Dr. Milligan says "they have only very limited capacity for abstraction or generalization. They have no words for the expressions of abstract concepts. For each individual species gutta-percha tree, shrub, etc. they have names but do not have a word corresponding to the concept "tree". They are also not able to Express and abstract properties: hard, soft, warm, cold, long, short, round, etc.; instead of "solid" they say: "like a stone" instead of "high" - "long legs", etc. instead of "round" they say, "like a ball" or "the moon", etc.; however, they commonly attach the action to the word, confirm it by any gesture to to be completely understood" {Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, ii. p. 280-281.}. So, even assuming everything said here (which seems to be more difficult, since the property "long", was recognized as having indicate in the abstract sense, and yet it is the following as an epithet to a specific concept in the phrase "long legs"), it is obvious that such imperfect language cannot convey the concept of the name as something isolated from the subject; and still less can it Express the act names. First, you need the usual application of these to some the degree of abstract words which apply to all objects known class, and then alone can arise the concept of the name, symbolizing symbols other words - and this notion about the name, with its inherent abstract character, may be already long in Vogue, will appear before the verb "to call". Therefore, people with such rude speech you can't be good retell stories about an ancestor, protivoves Wolf - so. to distinguish it from a real wolf.
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The dialects spoken by the modern inferior races, only
concrete objects and actions find due expression. Australians are
names for all kinds of trees, but do not have words for the concept "tree"
in General, regardless of its type; and, although some researchers claim that
their dictionary is not quite deprived of generic names, still, the extreme poverty of their
language no doubt. Same thing Tasmanians. Dr. Milligan says
"they have only very limited capacity for abstraction or
generalization. They have no words for the expressions of abstract concepts. For each
individual species gutta-percha tree, shrub, etc. they have names
but do not have a word corresponding to the concept "tree". They are also not
able to Express and abstract properties: hard, soft, warm,
cold, long, short, round, etc.; instead of "solid" they say:
"like a stone" instead of "high" - "long legs", etc. instead of "round"
they say, "like a ball" or "the moon", etc.; however, they commonly
attach the action to the word, confirm it by any gesture to
to be completely understood" {Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, ii. p.
280-281.}. So, even assuming everything said here (which seems to be
more difficult, since the property "long", was recognized as having
indicate in the abstract sense, and yet it is the following as an epithet
to a specific concept in the phrase "long legs"), it is obvious that such
imperfect language cannot convey the concept of the name as something
isolated from the subject; and still less can it Express the act
names. First, you need the usual application of these to some
the degree of abstract words which apply to all objects known
class, and then alone can arise the concept of the name, symbolizing
symbols other words - and this notion about the name, with its inherent abstract
character, may be already long in Vogue, will appear before the verb
"to call". Therefore, people with such rude speech you can't be good
retell stories about an ancestor, protivoves Wolf - so. to distinguish
it from a real wolf.
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