Introduction | p. 1 |
A Castle in the Air | p. 21 |
Perpetual Motion | p. 45 |
The Forces of Destruction | p. 73 |
A Reef of Dead Metaphors | p. 115 |
The Forces of Creation | p. 144 |
Craving for Order | p. 171 |
The Unfolding of Language | p. 210 |
Epilogue | p. 260 |
Flipping Categories | p. 275 |
Laryngeals Again? | p. 284 |
The Devil in the Detail | p. 287 |
The Cook's Counterpoint | p. 294 |
The Turkish Mirror | p. 299 |
Notes | p. 306 |
Bibliography | p. 329 |
Glossary | p. 341 |
Acknowledgments | p. 347 |
Credits | p. 348 |
Index | p. 350 |
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