Project Gutenberg 2006-07-13 Public domain in the USA. 102 Powell, John Wesley 1834 1902 Powell, J. W. (John Wesley) Powell, Wes 16005470 On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 Reading ease score: 47.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Louise Hope, Carlo Traverso, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "On the Evolution of Language" by John Wesley Powell is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The book examines the development and complexity of language through a detailed analysis of Indian languages, focusing on the grammatical processes and structures that have emerged over time. It aims to provide insights into how languages evolve and differentiate their components. Powell's work explores various grammatic processes such as combination, vocalic mutation, intonation, and placement, detailing how these processes contribute to the structure and meaning of language. He discusses how words combine to create new meanings and how grammatical elements like nouns, verbs, and adjectives interact within sentences. By analyzing Indian languages, Powell argues that their linguistic organization is less specialized than that of more developed languages, showcasing their distinctive features. The study ultimately seeks to draw comparisons between the grammatical structures of Indian tongues and those of more widely recognized languages, shedding light on the universal patterns and unique characteristics inherent in language evolution. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Indians of North America -- Languages Language and languages E011 P Text Language Education Browsing: History - American Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Teaching & Education 76646 76397 2024-10-08T09:59:50.122412 2023-09-08T11:12:48.903832 text/html text/html 71228 2006-07-13T06:47:28 text/html; charset=us-ascii 22298 2006-07-13T06:47:28 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 99503 2024-10-08T09:59:55.931897 application/epub+zip 98027 2024-10-08T09:59:53.223391 application/epub+zip 86249 2024-10-08T09:59:51.980401 application/epub+zip 184799 2024-10-08T09:59:57.850863 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 173547 2024-10-08T09:59:55.163890 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 89559 2022-09-09T06:01:43.391902 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 63374 63104 2024-10-08T09:59:49.719417 2023-09-08T11:12:48.597821 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 63353 2006-07-13T06:47:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 20851 2006-07-13T06:47:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 63349 2006-07-13T06:47:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20815 2006-07-13T06:47:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22636 2024-10-08T09:59:57.979905 application/rdf+xml 11320 2024-10-08T09:59:52.524404 image/jpeg 2744 2024-10-08T09:59:52.249397 image/jpeg 97785 2024-10-08T09:59:50.130417 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia