Introduction to the study of the history of language
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INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF LANGUAGE
INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF LANGUAGE BY HERBERT A. STRONG, M.A., L.L.D. PROFESSOR OF LATIN IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LIVERPOOL SOMETIME PROFESSOR OF CLASSICS AT MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY WILLEM S. LOGEMAN, L.H.C. (Utrecht Univ.) HEAD MASTER OF NEWTON SCHOOL, ROCK FERRY, CHESHIRE AND BENJAMIN IDE WHEELER PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN CORNELL UNIVERSITY, U.S.A. LONDON LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO. NEW YORK: 15 EAST 16th STREET 1891
PREFACE
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE.
CHAPTER II. ON THE DIFFERENTIATION OF LANGUAGE.
CHAPTER III. ON SOUND-CHANGE.
CHAPTER IV. CHANGE IN WORD-SIGNIFICATION.
CHAPTER V. ANALOGY.
CHAPTER VI. THE FUNDAMENTAL FACTS OF SYNTAX.
CHAPTER VII. CHANGE OF MEANING IN SYNTAX.
CHAPTER VIII. CONTAMINATION.
NOTE TO PAGE 148.
CHAPTER IX. ORIGINAL CREATION.
CHAPTER X. ON ISOLATION AND THE REACTION AGAINST IT.
CHAPTER XI. THE FORMATION OF NEW GROUPS.
CHAPTER XII. ON THE INFLUENCE OF CHANGE IN FUNCTION ON ANALOGICAL FORMATION.
Singular.
Plural.
CHAPTER XIII. DISPLACEMENT IN ETYMOLOGICAL GROUPING.
CHAPTER XIV. ON THE DIFFERENTIATION OF MEANING.
CHAPTER XV. CATEGORIES: PSYCHOLOGICAL AND GRAMMATICAL.
Gender.
Number.
Tense.
Voice.
CHAPTER XVI. DISPLACEMENT OF THE SYNTACTICAL DISTRIBUTION.
CHAPTER XVII. ON CONCORD.
CHAPTER XVIII. ECONOMY OF EXPRESSION.
CHAPTER XIX. RISE OF WORD-FORMATION AND INFLECTION.
CHAPTER XX. THE DIVISION OF THE PARTS OF SPEECH.
CHAPTER XXI. LANGUAGE AND WRITING.
CHAPTER XXII. ON MIXTURE IN LANGUAGE.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE STANDARD LANGUAGE.
INDEX The numbers refer to the pages.
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