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LANGUAGE

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.

CONTENTS.

SECOND PART.

PRACTICAL AND COMPARATIVE METHOD.

BOOK VII.

OF WORDS.

SECT.

CHAPTER I.

CLASSIFICATION OF WORDS.

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

thought.

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.

STUDY OF WORDS.

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1. Mode of learning words as a preparation for reading

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SECT.

III.-Knowledge of words.

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1. Mode of learning words for speaking and writing

2. Of verbs-Mode of learning them

3. Of the practical application of verbs to the expression

I.-Ends to be attained in reading the foreign authors.

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I.-Mode of proceeding. Necessity of much practice

II.-Instruction to be imparted by the professor

III.-Exercise of the mind in interpreting the foreign text

IV. On the use of Dictionaries

V.-Difference in the modes of proceeding with adults and

IX. Of the second reading of books

X.-Of Reading and writing as means of recollection

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