A Book About Words :: CONTENTS.

CONTENTS.

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Introduction	ix
CHAPTER I.
Origin of Words (Saxon)—Families of Words	1
CHAPTER II.
Latin and French Words	23
CHAPTER III.
Old and New Words	38
CHAPTER IV.
Degeneracy of Words	63
CHAPTER V.
Play upon Words	79
CHAPTER VI.
Concrete and Abstract Words	96
CHAPTER VII.
Grand Words	101
CHAPTER VIII.
The Spelling of Words	107
CHAPTER IX.
Flexibility, Variety, Contraction, etc. of Words	122
CHAPTER X.
Different Views of the same Idea	141
CHAPTER XI.
Compound Words	150
CHAPTER XII.
The Pronunciation of Words	156
CHAPTER XIII.
Slang Words and Americanisms	169
CHAPTER XIV.
General Remarks on Words, etc.	185
CHAPTER XV.
General Remarks on Words, etc., continued	202
CHAPTER XVI.
Miscellaneous Derivations of Words	215

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