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Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin

by Otto Jespersen

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  1. 1Title page
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Abbreviations of Book Titles, etc.
  4. 4Phonetic Symbols
  5. 5Book I — History of Linguistic Science
  6. 6Chapter II — Beginning of Nineteenth Century
  7. 7Chapter III — Middle of Nineteenth Century
  8. 8Chapter IV — End of Nineteenth Century
  9. 9Book II — The Child
  10. 10Chapter VI — Words
  11. 11Chapter VII — Grammar
  12. 12Chapter VIII — Some Fundamental Problems
  13. 13Chapter IX — The Influence of the Child on Linguistic Development
  14. 14Chapter X — The Influence of the Child — Continued
  15. 15Book III — The Individual and the World
  16. 16Chapter XII — Pidgin and Congeners
  17. 17Chapter XIII — The Woman
  18. 18Chapter XIV — Causes of Change
  19. 19Chapter XV — Causes of Change — Continued
  20. 20Book IV — The Development of Language
  21. 21Chapter XVII — Progress or Decay?
  22. 22Chapter XVIII — Progress
  23. 23Chapter XIX — Origin of Grammatical Elements
  24. 24Chapter XX — Sound Symbolism
  25. 25Chapter XXI — The Origin of Speech

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