ABSTRACT

Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize the most up to date findings and theories of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists. This reprinted material is available as a set or in the following groupings:
* Prehistory and Historical Ethnography
Set of 12: 0-415-15611-4: £800.00
* Greek Civilization
Set of 7: 0-415-15612-2: £450.00
* Roman Civilization
Set of 6: 0-415-15613-0: £400.00
* Eastern Civilizations
Set of 10: 0-415-15614-9: £650.00
* Judaeo-Christian Civilization
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* European Civilization
Set of 11: 0-415-15616-5: £700.00

part |12 pages

Introduction

chapter |12 pages

The Origin of Language 1

part I|54 pages

Sounds

chapter I|15 pages

The Sound Mechanisms 1

chapter III|19 pages

The Phonetic Word and the Verbal Image

part II|101 pages

Grammar

chapter I|17 pages

Words and Morphemes

chapter II|25 pages

The Grammatical Categories

chapter III|22 pages

Different Kinds of Words 1

chapter IV|18 pages

Affective Language

chapter V|17 pages

Morphological Mutations 1

part III|58 pages

Vocabulary

part IV|81 pages

The Structure of Languages

part V|31 pages

Writing

chapter I|16 pages

Origin and Development of Writing 1

chapter II|13 pages

The Written Language and Its Spelling

part |16 pages

Conclusion

chapter |16 pages

The Progress of Language