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The History of Language

by Herbert A. Strong and others

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  1. 1Introduction to the Study of the History of Language
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Chapter I — On the Development of Language
  4. 4Chapter II — On the Differentiation of Language
  5. 5Chapter III — On Sound-Change
  6. 6Chapter IV — Change in Word-Signification
  7. 7Chapter V — Analogy
  8. 8Chapter VI — The Fundamental Facts of Syntax
  9. 9Chapter VII — Change of Meaning in Syntax
  10. 10Chapter VIII — Contamination
  11. 11Chapter IX — Original Creation
  12. 12Chapter X — On Isolation and the Reaction against it
  13. 13Chapter XI — The Formation of New Groups
  14. 14Chapter XII — On the Influence of Change in Function on Analogical…
  15. 15Chapter XIII — Displacement in Etymological Grouping
  16. 16Chapter XIV — On the Differentiation of Meaning
  17. 17Chapter XV — Categories: Psychological and Grammatical
  18. 18Chapter XVI — Displacement of the Syntactical Distribution
  19. 19Chapter XVII — On Concord
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — Economy of Expression
  21. 21Chapter XIX — Rise of Word-Formation and Inflection
  22. 22Chapter XX — The Division of the Parts of Speech
  23. 23Chapter XXI — Language and Writing
  24. 24Chapter XXII — On Mixture in Language
  25. 25Chapter XXIII — The Standard Language
  26. 26Index — The Numbers Refer to the Pages

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