Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin

CHAPTER XIV

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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