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The title of this volume shows that the subject here treated belongs to that branch of philology which is called sematology; but such a subject has also great importance from the point of view of word-formation. Moreover, I think the phenomenon here dealt with is of such a nature that it will throw light upon several points, not only such as concern the English language and language in general but also such as illustrate the relations which subsist between language and human civilization.
The transition of place-names to common nouns is a thing which has been incidentally mentioned in several philological works, but it has never before been dealt with methodically. The most extensive treatment of the question is to be found in a chapter named Words derived from Places by isaac taylor in his book Words and Pla ces; but this treatment is unsystematic and incomplete, and besides it contains several errors.
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