LINGUISTIC STRUCTURES and LINGUISTIC LAWS -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- INTRODUCTION -- I. THE AUTONOMY OF LINGUISTICS -- II. LANGUAGE AS A SYSTEM. STRUCTURE OP THE LINGUISTIC SIGN -- 1. THE THEORIES OF THE ESSENCE OF LANGUAGE -- 2. FUNCTION AND IMPORTANCE OF THE LINGUISTIC SIGN -- 3. SIGN AND MEANING -- III. THE NATURE AND STRUCTURE OF MEANING -- 1. PSYCHOLOGISM AND ANTIPSYCHOLOGISM -- 2. SIGN, MEANING, NOTION, CONCEPT -- 3. MEANING AS A KIND OF REFLECTION -- 4. MEANING AS CONCEPT -- 5. MEANING AS A RELATIONSHIP OR NETWORK OF RELATIONSHIP -- 6. MEANING AS A COMPLICATED STRUCTURE -- 7. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PRAGMATIC ASPECT OF MEANING -- 8. AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF SEMANTIC CHANGE -- 9. CONCLUSIONS -- 10. THE FORMALIZATION OF SEMANTIC THEORY -- 11. CONCLUSIONS -- IV. THE RELATION BETWEEN CONTENT (MEANING) AND (LINGUISTIC) FORM -- 1. PRE-SAUSSUREAN THEORIES -- 2.SAUSSUREAN "UNITY" -- 3. CRITIQUE OF THE SAUSSUREAN CONCEPTION -- 4. THE VARIOUS FORMAL METHODS -- 5. DISTRIBUTIONAL ANALYSIS -- V. ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF THE LINGUISTIC LAWS -- 1. GENESIS AND EVOLUTION OF THE CONCEPT OF LINGUISTIC LAW -- 2. RECEPTION OF THE IDEA OF LINGUISTIC LAW IN HUNGARY -- 3. THE CONCEPT OF SYSTEM CHARACTER -- 4. THE "AFTER-LIFE" IN HUNGARY OF THE NEOGRAMMARIAN DOCTRINES -- 5. REOPENING OF THE BIG LITIGATION -- 6. LAW AND RULE -- 7. THE ROLE OF SUBJECTIVE FACTORS IN PHONETIC CHANGES -- 8. THE CONCEPT OF LAW IN OUR DAYS -- 9. SOCIAL LAWS, LINGUISTIC LAWS -- 10. PHONETIC LAW OR SOUND-CHANGING TENDENCY? -- CONCLUDING THOUGHTS -- ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS WORK -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.