An essay on the origin of language, based on modern researches, and especially on the works of M. Renan
F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar
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1. AN ESSAY ON THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE,2. PREFACE.3. CHAPTER I. THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE.4. CHAPTER II. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE IDEA OF SPEECH.5. CHAPTER III. THE LAWS OF SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE, OR THE CREATION OF ROOTS.6. CHAPTER IV. ONOMATOPŒIA.[103]7. CHAPTER V. THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROOTS.8. CHAPTER VI. METAPHOR.9. CHAPTER VII. WORDS NOTHING IN THEMSELVES.10. CHAPTER VIII. THE LAWS OF PROGRESS IN LANGUAGE.11. CHAPTER IX. THE FAMILIES OF LANGUAGES.12. CHAPTER X. ARE THERE ANY PROOFS OF A SINGLE PRIMITIVE LANGUAGE?13. CHAPTER XI. THE FUTURE OF LANGUAGE.14. APPENDIX.