READING LISTS

Titles marked with a star are shorter works which are recommended as within easy reach of students making their own collection of books on English. Whenever they are available, English translations have been cited instead of originals in foreign languages. For general reference, consult A. G. Kennedy, A Bibliography of Writings on the English Language from the beginning of printing to the end of 1922, Cambridge [Mass.] and New Haven, 1927.

I. GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS *Bloomfield, L., An Introduction to the Study of Language. New York,

1914.

Boas, Fr., Handbook of American Indian Languages, Bulletin 40, Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington, 1911.

Bréal, M., Semantics: Studies in the Science of Meaning. Translated by Mrs. Henry Cust. New York, 1900.

Brugmann, K., Grundriss der vergleichenden Grammatik. 2 Ed. Strassburg, 1897 ff.

Kurze vergleichende Grammatik. Strassburg, 1904.

Brunot, F., La Pensée et La Langue. Méthode, Principes et Plan d'une Théorie nouvelle du langage appliquée au Français. Paris, 1922. Chadwick, H. M., The Origin of the English Nation. Cambridge [Eng.], 1907.

Couturat, L., et Leau, L., Histoire de la langue universelle. Paris, 1903.
Dale, E., National Life and Character in the Mirror of Early English
Literature. Cambridge [Eng.], 1907.

Dauzat, A., Essai de méthodologie linguistique. Paris, 1906.
La philosophie du langage. Paris, 1912.

La Vie du langage. Paris, 1910.

Erdmann, K. O., Die Bedeutung des Wortes. 2 Ed. Leipzig, 1910. *Finck, F. N., Die Sprachstämme des Erdkreises. Leipzig, 1909.

*Finck, F. N., Die Haupttypen des Sprachbaues. Leipzig, 1910. Gabelentz, G. von der, Die Sprachwissenschaft. 2 Ed. Leipzig, 1901. Ginneken, J. van, Principes de linguistique psychologique. Paris, 1907. *Guérard, A. L., A Short History of the international language movement. London, [1922].

Gummere, F. B., Germanic Origins. New York, 1892.

Jespersen, O., Language, Its Nature, Development and Origin. London, [1922].

The Philosophy of Grammar. New York, 1924.

Progress in Language with special reference to English. New
York, 1894.

Johnston, Sir Harry H., A Comparative Study of the Bantu and Semi-
Bantu Languages. Oxford, Vol. I, 1919, Vol. II, 1922.

La Grasserie, R. de, Études de grammaire comparée. Paris, 1887 ff. Lévy-Brühl, L., How Natives Think (Les fonctions mentales dans les sociétés inférieures). Translated by Lillian A. Clare. New York,

1926.

Loewe, R., Germanische Sprachwissenschaft. Leipzig, 1905.

Mason, W. A., A History of the Art of Writing. New York, 1920. Not rhetorical, but a history of letters, etc.

Meillet, A., Introduction a l'étude comparative des langues indo-européennes. 4 Ed. Paris, 1915.

* Caractères généraux des langues germaniques. Paris, 1917. Linguistique historique et linguistique générale. Paris, 1921. Oertel, H., Lectures on the Study of Language. New York, 1902. Ogden, C. K., and Richards, I. A., The Meaning of Meaning. A Study of the Influence of Language upon Thought and of The Science of Symbolism. London, 1923.

Ossip-Lourié, Le Langage et La Verbomanie. Essai de Psychologie Morbide. Paris, 1912.

Palmer, H. E., The Scientific Study and Teaching of Languages. London, 1917.

Paul, H., Principles of the History of Language, translated from the second edition of the original by H. A. Strong. London, 1891.

Grundriss der Germanischen Philologie. Strassburg, 1896 ff. Piaget, Jean, The Language and Thought of the Child. New York, 1926. *Sapir, Edward, Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech. New York, 1921.

Saussure, F. de, Cours de linguistique générale. Lausanne, 1916.
Schrader, O., Die Indogermanen. Leipzig, 1911.

Séchehaye, Ch.-A., Programme et méthodes de la linguistique théorique. Geneva, 1908.

Sheffield, A. D., Grammar and Thinking. New York, 1912.

*Skeat, W. W., A Primer of Classical and English Philology. Oxford,

1905.

Streitberg, W., Geschichte der indogermanischen Sprachwissenschaft. Strassburg, 1917.

Strong, H. A., Logeman, W. S., and Wheeler, B. I., Introduction to the Study of the History of Language. London, 1891. *Sturtevant, E. H., Linguistic Change. Chicago, 1917.

*Sweet, H., The History of Language. London, 1900.

Thompson, E. Maunde, The History of English Handwriting, A.D. 7001400. Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, 5, 109-142, 213-253.

1899.

Vendryes, J., Language. A Linguistic Introduction to History. Translated by Paul Radin. New York, 1925.

Vossler, K., Geist und Kultur in der Sprache. Heidelberg, 1925. Whitney, W. D., Language and the Study of Language. New York,

Wundt, W., Die Sprache. Leipzig, 1900.

*Wyld, H. C., Historical Study of the Mother Tongue. New York, 1906. II. HISTORIES OF ENGLISH, AND WORKS ON GRAMMAR AND USAGE *Bradley, H., The Making of English. London, 1904.

Deutschbein, M., System der neuenglischen syntax. Cöthen, 1917. Ekwall, Eilert, Historische neuenglische Laut- und Formenlehre. 2 Ed. Berlin und Leipzig, 1922.

*Emerson, O. F., The History of the English Language. New York, 1897. Published also in shorter form as A Brief History of the English Language. New York, 1900.

*Fowler, H. W., A Dictionary of Modern English Usage. Oxford, 1926. Fries, C. C., The Periphrastic Future with Shall and Will in Modern English. Publications of the Modern Language Association, Vol. XL, pp. 963–1024 (Dec., 1925).

Hall, J. L., English Usage. Chicago, [1917]. Collections of examples of divided use.

Horn, W., Historische neuenglische Grammatik. Strassburg, 1908.
*Jespersen, O., A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles.
Part I, Sounds and Spellings. Heidelberg, 1909. Part II, Syntax.
First Volume. Heidelberg, 1914. 2 and 3 Ed., 1922.

Growth and Structure of the English Language. 5 Ed. Leipzig, 1926.

Kaluza, M., Historische Grammatik der Englischen Sprache. Berlin, 1906-1907.

Kellner, Leon, Historical Outlines of English Syntax. London, 1892. *Krapp, G. P., Modern English, its growth and present use. New York, 1909.

The English Language in America. New York, 1925.

A Comprehensive Guide to Good English. Chicago, 1927. A dictionary of present usage.

Krüger, Gustav, Schwierigkeiten des Englischen. 1910 ff. Useful for its collection of examples.

Kruisinga, E., A Handbook of Present-day English. Utrecht, 19191922. A grammar of present English.

*Lounsbury, T. R., History of the English Language. Revised Ed., New York, 1901.

The Standard of Pronunciation in English. New York, 1904.
The Standard of Usage in English. New York, 1908.

English Spelling and Spelling Reform. New York, 1909.

Luick, K., Historische Grammatik der Englischen Sprache. Leipzig, 1914 ff.

Lyman, R. L., English Grammar in American Schools before 1850. U. S. Bureau of Education Bulletin 1921, No. 12, 1922.

Matthews, Brander, Americanisms and Briticisms. New York, 1892. Mencken, H. L., The American Language. 3 Ed. New York, 1923. *Onions, C. T., An Advanced English Syntax. London, 1904.

Palmer, H. E., A Grammar of Spoken English. On a Strictly Phonetic Basis. Cambridge [Eng.], 1924.

Poutsma, H., A Grammar of Late Modern English. Groningen, 1904 ff. An abundant collection of examples.

*Skeat, W. W., English Dialects from the Eighth Century to the Present Day. Cambridge [Eng.], 1911.