The Life and Growth of Language: An Outline of Linguistic Science

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 example existence expression fact force French German Germanic language grammatical grammatical gender Greek Grimm's Law guage human illustration importance individual Indo-European Indo-European language infinitive inflection kind language-making later Latin learned less limited linguistic linguistic change linguistic science material means ment mind mode modern natural noun onomatopoetic origin origin of language peculiar period phonetic change plural possession present preterit primitive production pronominal pronouns race reason relation result roots Sanskrit science of language Scythian 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