DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION 
416 
417 
Prosody 
Inscriptions Paleografy 
See also 421.7, 471.7, 481.7, etc. Rare early mss ar put in 091 
Texts 
Language communicated otherwise: than by 
words or letters of an alfabet 
Sign language 
For def mute alfabets, see 371.912 
Picture language 
Hieroglyfics 
See also 493.1 
418 
419 
2 
25 
120 
English philology 
I Philosofy .z Compends .4 Essays .5 Periodicals .0 Societies .7 Study and 
teaching .8 Collectiv works .9 History of the language 
421 
Orthografy 
See alco this hed treated in general grammars placed under 425 
Alfabet 
For def mute alfabets, see 371.012 
Vowels Difthongs Aspirates 
Consonants 
Phonetic spelling Simpler spelling 
Spelling reform 
3 
$ 
6 
7 
S 
Orthoepy 
Accent 
Paleografy Inscriptions 
Abbreviations 
For stenografic and other uncommon contractions and abbreviations, see 
653 Shorthand 
Punctuation 
eo 
122 
Etymology Derivation 
422 is limited to derivation. For inflection, also called etymology, see 425.’ 
Origin and laws of English language 
Prefixes Suffixes 
Reduplication 
Foren elements 
Noun forms: case, number, diminutivs 
Adjectival forms Degrees of comparison 
Pronominal forms: personal, possessiv, relativ, etc. 
Verbal forms: moods, tense, voice, etc. 
Particles: adverbs, prepositions, etc. 
2 
c 
6 
7 
8 
oO