Language: Its Nature and Development: Otto Jespersen

ABBREVIATIONS OF BOOK TITLES, ETC., PHONETIC SYMBOLS BOOK I HISTORY OF LINGUISTIC SCIENCE, CHAPTER I. BEFORE 1800 II. BEGINNING OF NINETEENTH CENTURY III. MIDDLE OF NINETEENTH CENTURY IV. END OF NINETEENTH CENTURY BOOK II THE CHILD V. SOUNDS, VI. WORDS VII. GRAMMAR VIII. SOME FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS IX. THE INFLUENCE OF THE CHILD ON LINGUISTIC DEVELOPMENT X. THE: INFLUENCE OF THE CHILD (continued), LANGUAGE BOOK III THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE WORLD XI. THE FOREIGNER. XII. PIDGIN AND CONGENERS XIII. THE WOMAN XIV. CAUSES OF CHANGE XV. CAUSES OF CHANGE (continued) BOOK IV DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE XVI. ETYMOLOGY XVII. PROGRESS OR DECAY P .XVIII. PROGRESS. XIX. ORIGIN OF GRAMMATICAL ELEMENTS XX. SOUND Symbolism XXI. THE ORIGIN OF SPEECH