Chapter III: Preface: v

Chapter I. Theories of Language 1

” II. The Nature and Science of Language 90

” III. The three Causes of Change in Language (Imitation,
Emphasis, and Laziness) 163

Dialectic Variety 202

Appendix to Chapter III. Specimens of Mixed Jargons 219

Chapter IV. The Physiology and Semasiology of Speech (Phonology
and Sematology) 226

Etymology 345

Appendix I. to Chapter IV. The Vocal Organs of Animals 350

” II. ” The Alphabets of Prince L-L. Bonaparte
(Mr. A. J. Ellis) and Mr. H. Sweet 353

Chapter V. The Morphology of Speech 364

The Metaphysics of Language 404

Comparative Syntax 421