L. Bloomfield

Contents
Chapter 1 The Study of Language 1
Chapter 2 The Use of Language 20
Chapter 3 Speech-Communities 42
Chapter 4 The Languages of the World 58
Chapter 5 The Phoneme 75
Chapter 6 Types of Phonemes 95
Chapter 7 Modifications 112
Chapter 8 Phonetic Structure 132
Chapter 9 Meaning 145
Chapter 10 Grammatical Forms 165
Chapter 11 Sentence-Types 178
Chapter 12 Syntax 193
Chapter 13 Morphology 217
Chapter 14 Morphologic Types 239
Chapter 15 Substitution 260
Chapter 16 Form-Classes and Lexicon 279
Chapter 17 Written Records 297
Chapter 18 The Comparative Method 314
Chapter 19 Dialect Geography 339
Chapter 20 Phonetic Change 365
Chapter 21 Types of Phonetic Change 390
Chapter 22 Fluctuation in the Frequency of Forms 415
Chapter 23 Analogic Change 428
Chapter 24 Semantic Change 450
Chapter 25 Cultural Borrowing 470
Chapter 26 Intimate Borrowing 488
Chapter 27 Dialect Borrowing 504
Chapter 28 Applications and Outlook 524

Notes 539
Bibliography 556
Table of Phonetic Symbols 581