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Outlines of comparative philology : with a sketch of the languages of Europe, arranged upon philologic principles, and a brief history of the art of writing

Print Book, English, 1853
G.P. Putnam & Co., New-York, 1853
History
434 pages ; 19 cm
560712
What is language?
Unity of language
Opinions of Prichard, Picket, and Bopp
History of Comparative Philology
Want of material
First attempts in comparative philology
Literature of comparative philology
Leibnitz
Present state of comparative philology
Practical results of comparative philology
Comparative philology and history
Anglo Saxon and English history
Comparative Philology and recent discoveries
Languages and national character
The Indo-European languages
The Sanscrit as oldest of Indo-European languages
The ruling languages of the world
Purposes of comparative philology
Physical influences operating on language
Conquest operating on language
The Norman Conquest of England The Anglo Saxon and the church
Restoration of the Anglo Saxon
The English resulting from the amaigamation
The occupation of a nation operating on language
Fashion operating on language
Literature operating on language
English literature and the English language
They Rhymour
Occleve and Lydgate
Henry VIII
The English reformers
The restoration
American English
Philosophie results of comparative philology
Methods of comparative philology
The moral principle in language
The three great classes of languages
The history of languages
The decay of languages
The increase of langauges
Borrowed words pt. 2. The languages of Europe. Monosyllabic languages
Agglutinizing languages of Europe
Caucasian family
The inflecting languages of Europe
Indo-European family
Pelasgic group
Latin
Lettic-Slavic group
Slavic
Western branch
Germanic group: low German
High German
Celtic group
Artificial languages pt. 3. History of writing. Pictorial writing
Invention of letters
Consonants and vowels
Chinese writing
Persian writing
Egyptian writing
Phoenician writing
Greek writing
German writing
Sclovic writing
Runic writing
Materials of writing
Use of metal
Bark
Papyrus
Use of skins
Paper
Instruments of writing
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