A masterful analysis of the sounds and structures of two of the world's greatest languages, Greek and Latin. King's lucid explanations and insightful examples make this book an indispensable tool for anyone studying classics or interested in the workings of language more broadly. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from The Principles of Sound and Inflexion: As Illustrated in the Greek and Latin Languages Much progress has been made of late years in the comparative study of the Greek and Latin languages which is not adequately represented in English text-books. Accordingly, at the suggestion of the High Master of St. Paul's School, and encouraged by the advice of so great an authority, we have endeavoured to summarise the results of recent research in this subject. It has been our aim to give a clear statement of the laws under which the changes of sound may be grouped and to furnish the necessary illustration of those changes within the limits of ancient Greek and Latin. We have throughout attempted to distinguish between those results which may be regarded as certain, and those which are only probable. In the second part of the book, which deals with the morphology of Greek and Latin, we are sensible that much still remains to be learnt, and that some of the laws and explanations there stated must be taken as representing the stage which the inquiry has now reached rather than as being completely certain. This is especially the case with Latin morphology. We have in great part followed the plan, and embodied much of the material of the articles of Brugmann and Stolz in Iwan Muller's Handbuch der klassischen Alterthumswissenchaft. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

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