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Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin

Chapter 245: Transcriber's Note
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The author offers a historical and biological account of language as a socially grounded, habitual human activity rather than an independent organism. He examines child acquisition, individual variation and foreign influence, outlines a theory of sound change that questions blind sound-laws, and discusses processes of decay and progress in language. The study addresses the possible origins of speech and the practical consequences of an energetic view of language for pronunciation, grammar, and standardization, and concludes with consideration of constructed international languages and methodological guidance for further empirical study.

Transcriber's Note

On p. 373, "ź" is used to represent a letter "z" with a vertical line diacritic.

The following apparent errors have been corrected:

  • p. 9 "etc" changed to "etc."
  • p. 49 "will" changed to "will"
  • p. 63 "‘Sanskritic," changed to "‘Sanskritic,’"
  • p. 98 "Bréal Delbrück" changed to "Bréal, Delbrück"
  • p. 98 "Meillet Meringer" changed to "Meillet, Meringer"
  • p. 109 "VIII, § 9" changed to "VIII, § 8"
  • p. 173 (note) "‘Subtraktionsdannelser,”" changed to "“Subtraktionsdannelser,”"
  • p. 184 "pronunication" changed to "pronunciation"
  • p. 216 (note) "25 1" changed to "251"
  • p. 216 "Mittleilungen" changed to "Mitteilungen"
  • p. 228 "chapter" changed to "chapter."
  • p. 234 (note) "ii" changed to "ii."
  • p. 237 "Grammar" changed to "Grammar."
  • p. 239 "accounted for" changed to "accounted for."
  • p. 247 "a women" changed to "a woman"
  • p. 254 "peoples" changed to "peoples."
  • p. 266 "a might" changed to "as might"
  • p. 274 "economzie" changed to "economize"
  • p. 280 "word·" changed to "word;"
  • p. 284 "(æ·]" changed to "[æ·]"
  • p. 290 "[see" changed to "(see"
  • p. 294 (note) "laughing" changed to "laughing."
  • p. 301 "A Memorandum on Modern Telugu" changed to "A Memorandum on Modern Telugu,"
  • p. 309 "Glossar" changed to "Glossar."
  • p. 339 "Nolde, Einleit. in die Altertumswiss" changed to "Norden, Einleit. in die Altertumswiss."
  • p. 353 "isizwe" changed to "isizwe"
  • p. 355 "amazwe" changed to "amazwe"
  • p. 358 "uo longer" changed to "no longer"
  • p. 358 "qnestion" changed to "question"
  • p. 358 "oexn" changed to "oxen"
  • p. 370 "is has" changed to "it has"
  • p. 375 "with may" changed to "which may"
  • p. 393 "respectively" changed to "respectively."
  • p. 394 "ablative" changed to "ablative."
  • p. 400 "hill;" changed to "hill;’"
  • p. 417 "forgotten than" changed to "forgotten that"
  • p. 441 "Ch. VIII § 9" changed to "Ch. VIII § 8"
  • p. 443 "wost bist" changed to "wo-st bist"
  • p. 447 "Puscariu" changed to "Pușcariu"
  • p. 447 "stump-words," changed to "stump-words"

Inconsistent or old spelling, punctuation and hyphenation have otherwise been retained as printed.

The following possible errors have been left as printed:

  • p. 130 Il a pleuvy
  • p. 215 austellung
  • p. 292 abusee
  • p. 359 dison
  • p. 378 finire