Essay on language, as connected with the faculties of the mind, and as applied to things in nature and art ..
viii, 203, [1] pages 18 cm
9653446
Introductory dissertation
General view of language
Structure of speech in its earliest known forms
Brief history of the progress of letters
General character of the English language
Philosophic exposition of speech
Elementary principles and definitions
Classification of words
Names of things grammatically considered
Pronouns or substitutes
Words of relation and description
Actions or affirmations
Logic and philosophic elucidation of moods and tenses
Etymons and . . . auxiliaries
Verb to be
Participles always adjectives by use
Contractions in terms and in construction
Adverbs
Conjunctions
Prepositions
Irregular articulations called interjections
Structure of sentences
Lessons in parsing
Specimens giving a slight view of the changes in language
Examples of errors in practice