Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin
CHAPTER XIV
CAUSES OF CHANGE
§ 1. Anatomy. § 2. Geography. § 3. National Psychology. § 4. Speed of Utterance. § 5. Periods of Rapid Change. § 6. The Ease Theory. § 7. Sounds in Connected Speech. § 8. Extreme Weakenings. § 9. The Principle of Value. § 10. Application to Case System, etc. § 11. Stress Phenomena. § 12. Non-phonetic Changes.
XIV.--§ 1. Anatomy.
In accordance with the programme laid down in the opening paragraph of