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INTRODUCTION: I. Preliminary Remarks

PART I

CHAPTER I. Ethnos and Cultural Phenomena: (2) The Human Unit; (3) Definition of «Ethnos»; (4) Process of Variations in Eth-noses; (5) Centrifugal and Centripetal Movements in Ethnoses and Formation of New Ethnoses; (6) Cultural Elements and Complexes; (7) Cultural Complexes as Functional Phenomenon; (8) Variations of Cultural Phenomena; (9) Impulses of Variations, Their Intensity and Tempo of Variation

CHAPTER II. Language: (10) Language; (11) Sounding Starters; (12) The Language in Ethnoses; (13) Formation and Transmission of Linguistic Complexes; (14) Classification of Languages; (15) Centripetal and Centrifugal Movements in Languages;(16) Language as Ethnographical Phenomenon in the Process of Ethnical Variations; (17) The Problem of Common Words; (18} Particular Cases of Common Words; (19) Correlation Between Ethnoses and Languages

CHAPTER III. Theory of Evolution and Language: (20) Theory of Evolution and Languages; (21) Logical Consequences of the Theory of Evolution Applied to Languages; (22) Phonetic and Morphological Consequences Implied by the Theory of Evolution; (23) Conception of «Progress»; (24) Element of Time; (25) Conception of «Primitive» Language; (26) Authors' Attitude and Theory of Evolution; (27) Linguistics as One of the Elements of the European Ethnographical Complex

PART II URAL-ALTAIC HYPOTHESIS

CHAPTER IV. Ural-Altaic Hypothesis and Tungus Material: (28) The Theoretical Background of the Ural-Altaic Hypothesis; (29) Consequences Resulting from the Fundamental Propositions; (30) Tungus Comparative Material; (31) Aspiration and Bilabialization of the Initial Vowels a Phonetic Fashion; (32) The Goldi Language Not a Typical Northern Tungus, Neither a Southern Tungus; (33) Mongol Aspiration and Bilabialization; (34) Linguistic Importance of a Correct Solution of the Problem of Aspiration and Bilabialization

CHAPTER V. Analysis of Parallels- (35) The Scope of the Present Analysis; (36) Examples of Cases Rejected Without a Detailed Analysis; (37) Examples of Cases Rejected After a Minute Analysis; (38) Cases with Initial and Intervocalic Labial Consonants; (39) Cases with Initial and Intervocalic Dental Consonants; (40) Cases with Initial and Intervocalic Glottal Consonants; (41) Cases with the Initial and Intervocalic g; (42) Conclusions

CHAPTER VI. Methods: (43) Influence of Theoretical Presumptions of Evolution; (44) Phonetic Laws and Their Application; (45) Restoration of Stems and Difficulties in Operating Them; (46) Semantic Parallelism and Its Application; (47) Operation with the Morphological Elements and the Using of Foreign Words; (48) Summary as to the Methods Used; (49) The Origin of Methodological Peculiarities Met with in the Discussion of the Ural-Altaic Hypothesis

CONCLUSION: (50) The Problem of Common Words; (51) The Tungus Language and the Ural-Altaic Hypothesis

 
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