Dual number, in verbs 267; in nouns 273; its loss, 274.
Dutch language, 164, 211.
E, the letter, derivation of, 464.
Eddas, Old Norse collections, 212.
Education gained in the acquisition of language, 13, 15-16, 441-5.
Education, conservative influence of, upon language, 17, 149-51, 158-9.
Egypt, languages of, 150, 234, 340-43.
Egyptian modes of writing, 452-4.
Ehkili language, 299.
ēither or eīther, 43, 95.
electricity, 129.
English language, how acquired by its speakers, 10-22; its differences in individuals, 16-22; what, in general, it is, 22; how kept in existence, 23; its constant change, 24; causes and modes of this change, 25-31, 140-48; examples of the changes which have brought it into its present state, 55-65, 70-87, 92-5, 97, 102-34; its derivation and history, 24, 31, 99, 147, 169-70; its periods, 210; mixture of Germanic and other elements in it, 84, 144, 170, 185, 198, 373, 472-3; its fundamental structure chiefly Germanic, 170, 198; position and relations as a Germanic language, 187-9, 210-13; as an Indo-European language, 189-200; its analytical character, 279, 282, 284; prevailing monosyllabism, 264-5, 279; comparison with Chinese, 331, 471-2; its dialects, 170-71; transfer to America, 171-2; British and American forms of, 172-4; prospects as a world language, 470; merits, 470-74.
English orthography, anomalies of, 94, 467-9; reform desirable, 469-70.
English spoken alphabet, structure and relations of, 91.
English written alphabet, derivation and character of, 466-7.
Erse, or Scotch Gaelic, language, 190.
Eskimo language, 330, 350, 351.
Esthonia, Scythian languages in, 309.
Ethiopian or Abyssinian group of Hamitic languages, 341, 343.
Ethiopic or Geëz, a Semitic, language, 297, 299.
Ethnology, bearing of linguistic science on, 8, 370-94.
Etruscan language, 354.
Etymology, the foundation of linguistic science, 54-5. 238; its uncertainties, dangers, and ill-repute, 239, 386-94; modern improvements of, 240, 244, 386-7; is not the whole science, 247; false etymologies, 388-90.
Etymology of a word the explanation of its origin, not the ground of its use, 14, 128-9, 132-4.
Euguvine tablets, Umbrian monuments, 220.
Euphony, seat of, in the mouth, not the ear, 90.
Europe, languages of, 186-91, 209-21, 309-10, 353-5.
Expression, dependent upon an external inducement, not an internal impulse, 403-5, 420-21; always incomplete, 20, 109-11, 406-7; variety of expression for same idea in different languages, 407-9; the voice as means of, 421-3.
eye, 101.
F, the letter, derivation of, 465.
Families of languages, how established, 290-92.
Family languages, so called, 363.
Farrar, Rev. F. W., referred to, vi. note.
Farther India, languages of, 336-7.
father, 179.
Fellatah language, 346.
Finnish language, 191, 309, 320, 361; its literature, 314.
Finno-Hungarian branch of Scythian language—see Ugrian.
Firdusi, Persian poet, 223, 325.
five, 196.
Flemish language, 211.
Florida group of American languages, 350.
for, 114.
forehead, 56.
forget, 113.
forgive, 113.
Formative elements, 63-7; derived from words originally independent, 66, 251-5; their production gradual and unreflective, 124; aided by phonetic corruption, 73-4; accompanying change of meaning, 117; extensibility of their application, 83-4; their distinction as primary and secondary, 255.
fortnight, 56.
frail, 111.
Frankish dialect of Old High-German, 163, 211.
Freedom of mental action restricted by acquisition of language, 445-6.
French language, 164-5, 189, 218-19;
