The Life and Growth of Language

action adjective adverbs alphabet already altered analogy ancient Anglo-Saxon animals become beginning belongs branches capacity Celts century chapter character classification comparative conception connection consonant conspicuous dative degree derivation dialects distinction English evidence example existence expression fact force French German Germanic language grammatical grammatical gender Greek Grimm's Law GROWTH OF LANGUAGE guage human illustration importance independent individual Indo-European Indo-European language infinitive inflection kind language-making later Latin learned less limited linguistic linguistic science material means ment mind mode modern natural noun onomatopoetic origin origin of language peculiar phonetic change plural possession present preterit primitive production pronouns race reason relation result root Sanskrit science of language Scythian languages Semitic semivowels sense separate signify signs sonant sounds speak speakers speech structure sufficient suffixes surd tendency things thought tion tivated tongues utterance variety verb verbal vocabulary vowel whole words