International Language and Science / Considerations on the Introduction of an International Language into Science

by Leopold Pfaundler von Hadermur; Louis Couturat; Otto Jespersen; Richard Lorenz; Wilhelm Ostwald

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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[Preface]		v

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CHAPTER
[I.]	The need for a common scientific language, by L. Pfaundler	1
[II.]	The Délégation pour l'adoption d'une langue auxiliaire internationale, by R. Lorenz	11
[III.]	Linguistic principles necessary for the construction of an international auxiliary language, with an appendix on the criticism of Esperanto, by O. Jespersen	27
[IV.]	On the application of logic to the problem of an international language, by L. Couturat	42
[V.]	The relationship of the international language to science, by R. Lorenz	53
[VI.]	The question of nomenclature, by W. Ostwald	61
[VII.]	Conclusion; Reading, Writing, and Speaking, by L. Pfaundler	69

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[Appendix I.]	Linguo Internaciona di la Delegitaro; grammar, word-formation, list of grammatical words	75
" [ II.]	Specimen pages from the International-English Dictionary	82
" [ III.]	An experiment in double translation	84
" [ IV.]	Uniono di l'amiki di la linguo internaciona; extracts from the provisional statutes, and membership form	86

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INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE
AND SCIENCE

[CHAPTER I]