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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

VOL. I.

PREFACE.

Chapter I. Theories of Language.

II. The Nature and Science of Language

III. The three Causes of Change in Language (Imitation, Emphasis, and Laziness)

Dialectic Variety

Appendix to Chapter III. Specimens of Mixed Jargons

Chapter IV. The Physiology and Semasiology of Speech (Phonology and Sematology)

Etymology

Appendix I. to Chapter IV. The Vocal Organs of Animals

II. The Alphabets of Prince L-L. Bonaparte (Mr. A. J. Ellis) and Mr. H. Sweet

Chapter V. The Morphology of Speech

The Metaphysics of Language

Comparative Syntax