306 ANALYTIC ORTHOGRAPHY. 
hd6mo womo (man.) In novus nuovo (new,) the Spanish form is nuevo, where, after the 
eduction, the O passed by transcession to E. Compare cérpitis cuerpo, bonus bueno, ¢ FONTE* 
fuente. In coritim (a hide,) Italian cuajo, U is educed from O, r is elided, and 7 closes to 
its liquid congener. 
212. Eduction may preserve the length of a word, and be spontaneously used for this pur- 
pose when the loss of a consonant would shorten it, as in Latin } corps (heart) Italian 
cuore; CORIUM cugjo, &c. 
213. The French inverse diphthong oi probably arose eductively after labials, as in poire 
(pear,) which is nearly pwar, or in Latin letters pv'AR; voie (a road,) pois (pea, s silent,) 
quoi (what,) moine (monk,) moins (less,) —=Mv'x, with ain at nasal; bois (wood,) foie (liver.) 
After being thus formed, the use of this o7 would be extended, as in oindre (to anoint,) 
=V'K DE; crottre (to grow,) =oRV'ATE + 7 
INDUCTION. 
214. Induction is the influence of larger classes of words upon smaller ones, causing uni- 
formity, and regularity in grammatic inflections. It may lengthen, shorten, or other- 
wise vary words. Thus cli/tis formed from clif? by the induction of words like lift, drift, 
which exceed those in -7# Similarly, the -tion termination carries with it ocean and phy- 
sician; -idge of carriage, marriage, porridge, controls the old English -age termination once 
heard in selvage, garbage, baggage, privilege, &c., and dotard, wisard, &c., have induced 
Spaniard, and the vulgar scholard. 
215. Italian prefers English y to 1 in certain places, and introduces it instead, as in 
plimbi™ (lead) piombo; planus (plain) piano, Spanish Uano (LIANo, dropping p,) Neapolitan 
chiano, with a cay, not transmuted from the p of piano, but educed from the J. 
216. Alliteration is a variety of induction in which an element suggests its repetition, as 
in péRdix, Fr. perdrix, Eng. partridge; Latin amiTa, Fr. ta*te; Eng. pitapat, slipslop, Xe. 
- 217. Reduplication is a variety of alliteration common in Greek, and less so in Latin. 
218. There is an apparent interchange of initial E and S between French and English, 
which cannot be accounted for on any theory of the elements. It occurs in 
étrange epagneul epeler ete"dard €cosse 
strange spaniel spell standard —_ scotland 
* Tt is often necessary to use and indicate the inflection of a word, and a mark ([) will be adopted for this pur- 
pose, in which the little directing branch is directed towards the graph (glyph) or written word. Dialectic forms 
will be marked with (}) an allied figure, the directing mark being turned away, as in curds, {cruds. It is often 
inconvenient to give the meanings of illustrative words, and deceptive to allow one meaning to stand for several 
cognates, hence the mark (|) will indicate that the meaning of several cognates is not quite identic, as in beam, 
German |baum—meaning tree. These marks are made from the dagger of the printers. 
+ This view, that o in ove is a coalescent, wants confirmation, as, from want of opportunity, it has not been 
examined in nature for ten years. 
