Introduction to the study of the history of language

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	On the Development of Language	1
II.	On the Differentiation of Language	13
III.	On Sound-Change	24
IV.	Change in Word-Signification	43
V.	Analogy	73
VI.	The Fundamental Facts of Syntax	92
VII.	Change of Meaning in Syntax	123
VIII.	Contamination	140
IX.	Original Creation	157
X.	On Isolation and the Reaction against it	170
XI.	The Formation of New Groups	191
XII.	On the Influence of Change in Function on Analogical Formation	205
XIII.	Displacement in Etymological Grouping	217
XIV.	On the Differentiation of Meaning	226
XV.	Categories: Psychological and Grammatical	238
XVI.	Displacement of the Syntactical Distribution	268
XVII.	On Concord	285
XVIII.	Economy of Expression	302
XIX.	Rise of Word-Formation and Inflection	314
XX.	The Division of the Parts of Speech	343
XXI.	Language and Writing	365
XXII.	On Mixture in Language	381
XXIII.	The Standard Language	395

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