CONTENTS

PREFACE BY J. A. LAUWERYS

PART I
THE CONSTRUCTED LANGUAGES: A SHORT HISTORY
(1-4 and 6-7 by H. JACOB)

CHAP.
1. THE BEGINNINGS
Three hundred years ago - The transition from artificial to natural elements

2. PRACTICAL PROPOSALS
Dr. Zamenhof's Esperanto - The neo-Latin school

3. THEORETICAL ASPECTS
Growth of rational principles - Logic to language planning - The autonomistic school - From neo-Latin principles to naturalness - Otto Jespersen's Novial - The isolating principle in interlinguistics - Interlinguistic research - A technological problem

4. EDUCATION AND THE AUXILIARY LANGUAGE
Learning a second language - The educational value of a second auxiliary language - Progress towards a second auxiliary language - Progress towards a second auxiliary language

5. THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF AN AUXILIARY LANGUAGE (by G. ORTON)

6. EXAMPLES OF CONSTRUCTED LANGUAGES
Volapük - Esperanto - Ido - Occidental - Novial - Latino sine flexione (Interlingua) - Interglossa

7. THEORY AND PRACTICE
Further reading on the problem - International language societies

PART II
BASIC ENGLISH
(1-4 from publication of the ORTHOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE)

CHAP.
1. WHAT IS BASIC ENGLISH?
Basic as an international language - How the 850 words do their work - Basic as an instrument of thought

2. THEORETICAL ASPECTS
The number of words needed - The analytic tendency in English - The simplicity of Basic English

3. GRAMMATICAL PRINCIPLES

4. BASIC AS A FIRST STEP TO WIDER ENGLISH

5. THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF BASIC ENGLISH

6. THE ATLANTIC CHARTER - ORIGINAL AND BASIC ENGLISH VERSION

7. NORMAL ENGLISH AS A WORLD LANGUAGE

REPORT OF ALLIED MINISTERS OF EDUCATION ON THE TEACHING OF AN AUXILIARY OF AN AUXILIARY LANGUAGE

INDEX

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