Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin

Preface......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 9
ABBREVIATIONS OF BOOK TITLES, ETC.......Page 11
PHONETIC SYMBOLS......Page 14
BOOK I HISTORY OF LINGUISTIC SCIENCE......Page 15
CHAPTER 1 BEFORE 1800......Page 17
CHAPTER II BEGINNING OF NINETEENTH CENTURY......Page 30
CHAPTER III MIDDLE OF NINETEENTH CENTURY......Page 61
CHAPTER IV END OF NINETEENTH CENTURY......Page 87
BOOK II THE CHILD......Page 99
CHAPTER V SOUNDS......Page 101
CHAPTER VI WORDS......Page 111
CHAPTER VII GRAMMAR......Page 126
CHAPTER VIII SOME FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS......Page 138
CHAPTER IX THE INFLUENCE OF THE CHILD ON LINGUISTIC DEVELOPMENT......Page 159
CHAPTER X THE INFLUENCE OF THE CHILD - continued......Page 170
BOOK III THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE WORLD......Page 187
CHAPTER XI THE FOREIGNER......Page 189
CHAPTER XII PIDGIN AND CONGENERS......Page 214
CHAPTER XIII THE WOMAN......Page 235
CHAPTER XIV CAUSES OF CHANGE......Page 253
CHAPTER XV CAUSES OF CHANGE - continued......Page 274
BOOK IV THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE......Page 301
CHAPTER XVI ETYMOLOGY......Page 303
CHAPTER XVII PROGRESS OR DECAY?......Page 317
CHAPTER XVIII PROGRESS......Page 335
CHAPTER XIX ORIGIN OF GRAMMATICAL ELEMENTS......Page 365
CHAPTER XX SOUND SYMBOLISM......Page 394
CHAPTER XXI THE ORIGIN OF SPEECH......Page 410
INDEX......Page 441