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Understanding Language includes major sections on the noun and verb systems of the classical languages.

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  1. Cover
  2. p. 1
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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
  2. pp. 2-7
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Tables and Figures
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xi-xii
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  1. Preface: For Teachers
  2. pp. xiii-xvi
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  1. Introduction: For Students
  2. pp. xvii-xxiv
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  1. Part I. Getting Started
  1. 1. Learning a Foreign Language: The Bad News and the Good News
  2. pp. 3-12
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  1. 2. Studying a Dead Language: Why Bother?
  2. pp. 13-25
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  1. 3. The Building Blocks of Language
  2. pp. 26-50
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  1. Part 2. Nouns and the Words That Go With Them
  1. 4. Expressing the Relations between Nouns
  2. pp. 53-78
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  1. 5. Adjectives, Articles, and Pronouns
  2. pp. 79-100
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  1. Part 3. Verbs: The Heart of Communication
  1. 6. What Do Verbs Do?
  2. pp. 103-115
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  1. 7. Finite Verb Forms: A Closer Look at Tense and Mood
  2. pp. 116-138
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  1. 8. Special (Non-Finite) Verbal Forms: Infinitives and Participles
  2. pp. 139-152
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  1. Part 4. Looking at Sentences as a Whole
  1. 9. Words, Phrases, Clauses: Putting Them Together
  2. pp. 155-172
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  1. 10. Reading a Greek or Latin Sentence: Some Suggestions
  2. pp. 173-184
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 185-190
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