Author: Rosenman, J.
Title: Primitive Speech and English
Description: Austin, San Felipe Press, 1969-(1972). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, xii, 324 pp. Frontis.14pp photoplates. Binding soiled, some rubbing, VG. ¶ Contents: Outline of Indo-European Languages; Basic Factors Underlying Word Comparison. Their Mathematical Statements; Invention & Manufacture of Words: Onomatopoeia; Progress in Concepts; Selection of a Comparative or ' Control' Language; Criticism of & Methods for Improving upon Moller's Etymologies; Onomatopoeic Roots & Words Common to Germano-Indo-European & Semito-Hamitic which concern *H; Adult 'Baby-talk' as Imitation in Reduplicated Syllables of Infant Babble; Words Built Upon Meaningful but Nonphysiological Noises...

Keywords: Historical Linguistics, Etymology, Indo-European, Semitic, Philology, Onomatopoeia, Language, Languages, Phonology