 They possessed no words representing abstract ideas ; for each variety of gumtree and wattle-tree, etc., etc., they had a name, but they had no equivalent for the expression, ' a tree ; ' neither could they express abstract qualities, such as hard, soft,...  The Aborigines of Tasmania - Página 181por Henry Ling Roth, Marion E. Butler - 1899 - 228 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science, Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land - 1855 - 378 páginas
...neither could they express abstract qualities, such as hard, soft, warm, cold, long, short, round, &c. ; for "hard," they would say " like a stone" ; for " tall," they would say " long legs" &c. ; and for " round," they said " like a bah1," " like the moon," and so on, usually suiting the... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1865 - 556 páginas
...Tasmanians had no word for a tree, though they had a name for each species ; nor could they express " qualities such as hard, soft, warm, cold, long, short,...they said ' like a ball,' ' like the moon,' and so on."t According to the missionaries, + Fuegiaus have " no abstract terms for expressing the truths... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1865 - 560 páginas
...Tasmanians had no word for a tree, though they had a name for each species ; nor could they express " qualities such as hard, soft, warm, cold, long, short,...' they said ' like a ball,' ' like the moon,' and BO on."t According to the missionaries, J Fuegians have " no abstract terms for expressing the truths... | |
 | 568 páginas
...express abstract qualities, such as bard, soft, warm, cold, long, short, round, &c. ; for ' hird ' they would say ' like a stone ; ' for ' tall ' they would say ' long le-gc,' &c.; for ' round ' they said ' like a ball,' ' like the moon,' and so on, usually suiting the... | |
 | James Bonwick - 1870 - 364 páginas
...neither could they express abstract qualities, such as hard, soft, warm, cold, long, short, round, &c. ; for ' hard ' they would say, ' like a stone ; ' for ' tall ' they would say, ' long legs,' &c. ; and for ' round ' they said, ' like a ball,' ' like the moon,' and so on, usually suiting the... | |
 | 1870 - 770 páginas
...neither could they express abstract qualities, such as hard, soft, warm, cold, long, short, round, &c. ; for ' hard,' they would say ' like a stone,' for ' tall,' they would say ' long legs,' &c., and for • round,' they said •like a ball,' • like the moon,' and so on, usually suiting... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1871 - 272 páginas
...neither could they express abstract qualities, such as hard, soft, warm, cold, long, shert, ronnd, ete. ; for 'hard,' they would say 'like a stone,' for ' tall,' they would say ' long legs,' ete., and for 'round, they said ' like a ball,' ' like the moon,' and so on, usually suiting the action... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1872 - 696 páginas
...Tasmanians had no word for a tree, though they had a name for each species; nor could they express " qualities, such as hard, soft, warm, cold, long, short,...'long legs,' etc.; and for 'round' they said 'like a bull,' 'like the moon,' and so onJ." According to the missionaries §, Fuegians have " no abstract... | |
 | 1872 - 848 páginas
...neither could they express abstract qualities, such as hard, soft, warm, cold, long, short, round, ic. ; for ' hard ' they would say 'like a stone;' for 'tall' they would say 'long leg-V &c.; for 'round' they said ' like a ball,' ' like the moon,' and so on, usually suiting the action... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1873 - 454 páginas
...neither could they express abstract qualities, such as hard, soft, warm, cold, long, short, round, &c.; for "hard" they would say "like a stone;" for "tall" they would say "long legs," &c. ; for "round" they said " like a ball," " like the moon," and so on, usually suiting the action... | |
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