LANGUAGE.

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LANGUAGE

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AS A MEANS OF

MENTAL CULTURE

AND

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION;

OR

MANUAL OF THE TEACHER AND THE LEARNER OF LANGUAGES.

BY

C. MARCEL, Knt. Leg. Hon.:

FRENCH CONSUL.

"L'étude des langues est la première et la plus indispensable de toutes

les études."-P. H. SUZanne.

"Les méthodes sont les maîtres des maîtres."-TALLEYRAND.

LONDON:

BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

SECT.

CHAPTER I.

CLASSIFICATION OF WORDS.

I.-Nature of words and their adequacy to the expression of

II.-Origin of the parts of speech

III.-Division of the parts of speech into two classes

IV. First Class of words.

1. Substantives

2. Adjectives

3. Verbs

V.-Second Class of words.

1. Articles .

2. Pronouns

3. Prepositions

4. Adverbs

5. Conjunctions.

CHAPTER II.

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STUDY OF WORDS.

I. What class of words should be studied first

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II.—Acquaintance with words

1. Mode of learning words as a preparation for reading

and hearing

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2. Reading a means of gaining acquaintance with

words

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