Language And Linguistic Introduction To History - 9781138974180

Taylor & Francis

First Published in 2005. This is a work remarkable for its scholarship, originality and independence of though. As an introduction to philology it has never been surpassed in terms of combining scholarship or accessibility. Anyone who loves words or who is at all curious about language will appreciate this book, covering as it does all the ground from every useful angle. A level headed and erudite study. > Introduction to History; Preface; The Origin of Language; Part 1 Sounds; Chapter 1 The Sound Mechanisms; Chapter 2 Phonetic Systems and Their Transformations; Chapter 3 The Phonetic Word and the Verbal Image; Part 2 Grammar; Chapter 4 Words and Morphemes; Chapter 5 The Grammatical Categories; Chapter 6 Different Kinds of Words; Chapter 7 Affective Language; Chapter 8 Morphological Mutations; Part 3 Vocabulary; Chapter 9 The Nature and Extent of Vocabularies; Chapter 10 How the Meaning of Words is Modified; Chapter 11 How the Terms that Express Ideas are Changed; Part 4 The Struc;