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Title: A Record of Study in Aboriginal American Languages

Author: Daniel G. Brinton

Release Date: February 22, 2010 [EBook #31351]

Language: English

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A RECORD OF STUDY

IN

ABORIGINAL AMERICAN LANGUAGES

BY

DANIEL G. BRINTON, A.M., M.D., LL.D., Sc.D.,

_Professor of American Archaeology and Linguistics in the
University of Pennsylvania_

PRINTED FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION
MEDIA, PA., 1898

PRESS OF
THE NEW ERA PRINTING COMPANY,
LANCASTER, PA.

PREFATORY.

If this review of my own work in the field of American Linguistics
requires an apology, I may say that the preparation of it was suggested
to me by my late friend, Mr. James Constantine Pilling, whose admirable
volumes on the bibliography of American Aboriginal Languages are
familiar to all students. He had experienced the difficulty of
cataloguing the articles of writers whose contributions extend over many
years, and have been published in different journals, proceedings of
societies and volumes, and was impressed with the advantage of an
analytical list composed by the author himself.

With this in view, I have arranged the present survey of my writings in
this branch of science, extending over a period of two score years. They
are grouped geographically, and sufficient reference to their contents
subjoined to indicate their aims and conclusions.

D. G. BRINTON.

MEDIA, PENNA., November, 1898.

I. GENERAL ARTICLES AND WORKS.

1. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages a