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Table of Contents<br />

Preface ........................................................................................................ ix<br />

1 L<strong>in</strong>guistic Method ............................................................................... 1<br />

Prelim<strong>in</strong>ary Remarks ............................................................................. 1<br />

The Scientific Approach to Language ................................................... 2<br />

<strong>Anthropological</strong> L<strong>in</strong>guistics ................................................................... 7<br />

Language ............................................................................................... 8<br />

L<strong>in</strong>guistic Analysis ............................................................................... 10<br />

Learn<strong>in</strong>g to Speak ................................................................................ 17<br />

Conclud<strong>in</strong>g Remarks ........................................................................... 21<br />

2 The Orig<strong>in</strong> and Evolution of Language . 23<br />

Prelim<strong>in</strong>ary Remarks ........................................................................... 23<br />

Theories .............................................................................................. 24<br />

Reconstruction Techques ................................................................. 31<br />

Core Vocabularies ................................................................................ 35<br />

Language Change ................................................................................ 39<br />

Primate Language Experiments ........................................................... 41<br />

Concludmg Remarks ........................................................................... 45<br />

3 Sounds ................................................................................................ 47<br />

Prelim<strong>in</strong>ary Remarks ...........................................................................<br />

Phonetic Description ...........................................................................<br />

47<br />

48<br />

Phonological Analysis .......................................................................... 53<br />

Syllable Structure ................................................................................ 59<br />

Slips of the Tongue ............................................................................. 64<br />

Sound Symbolism ............................................................................... 64<br />

Conclud<strong>in</strong>g Remarks ........................................................................... 67

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