《WORDS AND THEIR WAYS IN ENGLISH SPEECH》

TABLE OF CONTENTS1

Ⅰ．The Origin of Language1

Ⅱ．Language is Poetry7

Ⅲ．Learned Words and Popular Words19

Ⅳ．Learned Words become Popular29

Ⅴ．Technical or Class Dialects42

Ⅵ．Slang and Legitimate Speech55

Ⅶ．The Literary Language80

Ⅷ．The Latin in English93

Ⅸ．Fashion in Language110

Ⅹ．Complexity of the English Vocabulary128

Ⅺ．Unity of the English Vocabulary147

Ⅻ．Cognates and Borrowed Words159

ⅩⅢ．The Development of Words.Ⅰ.Roots,Stems,In-flection169

ⅩⅣ．The Development of Words.Ⅱ.Derivation and Composition…………………………………………18？ⅩⅤ．Fossils193

ⅩⅥ．The Conventional Character of Language219

ⅩⅦ．Generalization and Specialization of Meaning234

ⅩⅧ．Special Processes in the Development of Meaning:Radiation,etc259

ⅩⅨ．Transference of Meaning272

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ⅩⅩ．Degeneration of Meaning284

ⅩⅪ．Euphemism300

ⅩⅫ．Hyperbole or Exaggeration309

ⅩⅩⅢ．Folk-Etymology339

ⅩⅩⅣ．Doublets and Homonyms345

ⅩⅩⅤ．Words from the Names of Animals361

ⅩⅩⅥ．Words from Places or Persons372

APPENDIX391

INDEX OF MATTERS397

INDEX OF WORDS411