Science of Language
Founded on Lectures delivered at the Royal Institution. New Edition from New Plates. Largely Re-written. In 2 vols., crown 8vo, $6.00.
CONTENTS:—Vol. I.—The Science of Language one of the Physical Sciences; The Growth of Language in Contradistinction to the History of Language; The Empirical Stage in the Science of Language; The Classificatory Stage in the Science of Language; The Genealogical Classification of Languages; Comparative Grammar; The Constituent Elements of Language; The Morphological Classification of Languages; The Theoretical Stage in the Science of Language—Origin of Language; Genealogical Tables of Languages.
CONTENTS:—Vol. II.—Introductory Lecture. New Materials for the Science of Language and New Theories; Language and Reason; The Physiological Alphabet; Phonetic Change; Grimm’s Law; On the Principles of Etymology; On the Powers of Roots; Metaphor; The Mythology of the Greeks; Jupiter, The Supreme Aryan God; Myths of the Dawn; Modern Mythology.
“In practical value to the student of the science of language, the work stands alone.”—Boston Transcript.