Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTORY II. SOUNDS III. EVOLUTION OF THE SOUND-SYSTEM IV. EVOLUTION OF THE SOUND-SYSTEM V. EVOLUTION OF THE SOUND-SYSTEM VI. SPELLING VII. WORD-CLASSES VIII. THE THREE RANKS IX. JUNCTION AND NEXUS X. SENTENCE-STRUCTURE XI. RELATIONS OF VERB TO SUBJECT AND OBJECT XII. PASSIVE XIII. PREDICATIVES XIV. CASE XV. PERSON XVI. DEFINITE PRONOUNS XVII. INDEFINITE PRONOUNS XVIII. PRONOUNS OF TOTALITY XIX. GENDER XX. NUMBER XXI. NUMBER XXII. DEGREE XXIII. TENSE XXIV. TENSE XXV. WILL AND SHALL XXVI. WOULD AND SHOULD XXVII. MOOD XXVIII. AFFIRMATION, NEGATION, QUESTION XXIX. DEPENDENT NEXUS XXX. NEXUS-SUBSTANTIVES XXXI. THE GERUND XXXII. THE INFINITIVE XXXIII. CLAUSES AS PRIMARIES XXXIV. CLAUSES AS SECONDARIES XXXV. CLAUSES AS TERTIARIES XXXVI. RETROSPECT

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Otto Jespersen

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