CHAPTER 2. THE RELATIONSHIP OF LANGUAGE TO OTHER TYPES OF SIGNS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. CONTENTS 5
3. PART I. FOUNDATIONS OF LINGUISTICS
4. CHAPTER 1. THE DEFINITION OF LANGUAGE 7
5. CHAPTER 2. THE RELATIONSHIP OF LANGUAGE TO OTHER TYPES OF SIGNS 9
6. CHAPTER 3. THE HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS 22
7. PART II. DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTICS
8. CHAPTER 4. COMPONENTS OF THE LANGUAGE SYSTEM 38
9. CHAPTER 5. THE PHONOLOGICAL SYSTEM 44
10. CHAPTER 6. THE SEMANTIC SYSTEM 56
11. CHAPTER 7. THE SYNTACTIC SYSTEM 70
12. CHAPTER 8. THE STYLISTIC SYSTEM 85
13. PART III. HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS
14. CHAPTER 9. PRINCIPLES OF HISTORICAL LANGUAGE CLASSIFICATION 94
15. CHAPTER 10. RESEARCH METHODS OF HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS 102
16. CHAPTER 11. HISTORICAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD 112
17. CHAPTER 12. THE CAUSES OF LINGUISTIC CHANGE 137
18. PART IV. TYPOLOGICAL LINGUISTICS
19. CHAPTER 13. FOUNDATIONS OF LANGUAGE TYPOLOGY 149
20. CHAPTER 14. PHONOLOGICAL TYPOLOGY 152
21. CHAPTER 15. SEMANTIC TYPOLOGY 161
22. CHAPTER 16. SYNTACTIC TYPOLOGY 167
23. CHAPTER 17. STYLISTIC TYPOLOGY 179
24. CHAPTER 18. RECESSIVE AND EXPANSIVE LANGUAGE FEATURES 181
25. BIBLIOGRAPHY 184
26. INDEX OE TERMS DEFINED 187
27. INDEX OF THE NAMES OF LANGUAGES 196
28. INDEX OF NAMES 203