  CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE. PAGE The faculty CHAPTER I. THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE. CHAPTER II. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE IDEA OF SPEECH. CHAPTER III. THE LAWS OF SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE, OR THE CREATION OF ROOTS. CHAPTER IV. ONOMATOPOEIA. [103] CHAPTER V. THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROOTS. CHAPTER VII. WORDS NOTHING IN THEMSELVES. CHAPTER VIII. THE LAWS OF PROGRESS IN LANGUAGE. CHAPTER IX. THE FAMILIES OF LANGUAGES. CHAPTER X. ARE THERE ANY PROOFS OF A SINGLE PRIMITIVE LANGUAGE? CHAPTER XI. THE FUTURE OF LANGUAGE. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes have been placed at the end of the book. This book has many words and phrases in Greek, and several in Hebrew. These will display correctly in almost all web browsers, but may display incorrectly on some handheld devices. The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. AN ESSAY |
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