Max Müller
Americannoun
noun
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They also nod to a recent theory about the origin of language in animal sounds that Carroll's friend, the philologist Max Müller, scorned as 'the bow-wow theory':
From Nature ● Nov. 15, 2016
The second part depicts the return to Earth from being eaten by Max Müller on the day Edward VII dedicated the Great Sewer of London.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2015
Says Max Müller: “All consciousness begins with sensuous perception, with what we feel, and hear, and see.”
From Theological Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles
Hindu Yama and Yami were twin brother and sister, and have been respectively identified by Prof. Max Müller as night and day.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia
The Duke of Argyll and Professor Max Müller, by the obvious feebleness of their half-hearted replies, had unconsciously aided in disseminating and enforcing the very views they attempted to combat.
From Charles Darwin by Allen, Grant
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