| PAGE | | Preface | 7 | | Abbreviations of Book Titles, Etc. | 13 | | Phonetic Symbols | 16 | | BOOK I | | HISTORY OF LINGUISTIC SCIENCE | | CHAPTER | | I. | Before 1800 | 19 | | II. | Beginning of Nineteenth Century | 32 | | III. | Middle of Nineteenth Century | 63 | | IV. | End of Nineteenth Century | 89 | | BOOK II | | THE CHILD | | V. | Sounds | 103 | | VI. | Words | 113 | | VII. | Grammar | 128 | | VIII. | Some Fundamental Problems | 140 | | IX. | The Influence of the Child on Linguistic Development | 161 | | X. | The Influence of the Child (continued) | 172 | | BOOK III | | THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE WORLD | | XI. | The Foreigner | 191 | | XII. | Pidgin and Congeners | 216 | | XIII. | The Woman | 237 | | XIV. | Causes of Change | 255 | | XV. | Causes of Change (continued) | 276 | | BOOK IV | | DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE | | XVI. | Etymology | 305 | | XVII. | Progress or Decay? | 319 | | XVIII. | Progress | 337 | | XIX. | Origin of Grammatical Elements | 367 | | XX. | Sound Symbolism | 396 | | XXI. | The Origin of Speech | 412 | | Index | 443 |
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