Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-159) and index
1. Language and language study -- 2. Indo-European -- 3. From Germanic to German -- 4. Writing and printing -- 5. Medieval German and the development of the standard language -- 6. New high German -- 7. The German vocabulary : word formation -- 8. The German vocabulary : borrowing -- 9. The German vocabulary : change of meaning -- 10. Sound changes from Indo-European to Germanic -- 11. Sound changes in German -- 12. The forms of German -- 13. Syntax