Owen—Hybrid Parts of Speech. 135 
“A passenger struck a freight/ 7 I may add: “I saw the colli¬ 
sion.” 
In the latter expression, “the collision 77 revives in mind 
what previously was expressed by “A passenger struck a 
freight. 77 Moreover what is thus revived has doubtless taken 
its place as central and part of a central thought. In doing so, 
however, it has radically changed its character; its elements 
have fused, and that so completely that recognition of them 
ceases. 
That such is the case, may be seen to better advantage on fur¬ 
ther examination of the illustration offered on page 125. Given 
“Brown invited me. Therefore I came, 77 it will presumably 
be granted that what is intended by “Therefore 77 is expressed 
by “Because Brown invited me. 77 Let now this intended mental 
total be extended, becoming the total expressed by “Because 
Brown, who is a friend of mine, invited me, I came. 77 Moreover, 
in the expression of this extended total, let “Therefore 77 take, 
as before, the place of “Because Brown invited me/ 7 expression 
assuming now the form of “Brown invited me. Therefore, 
who is a friend of mine, I came. 77 
In this expression it appears that “Brown invited me/ 7 
though reinstated by “Therefore/ 7 is not exhibited in detail, 
“Brown 77 not being distinct enough in mind to continue ( or 
“be referred to 77 by “who 77 ) as subject of “is. 77 
It appears accordingly that lateral thought, in becoming as 
a whole a part of what is central, fuses into what cannot be 
rated as a thought. 
The further question rises, whether a thought can at first be 
fused and afterward expanded into details, and, if so, with what 
results of linguistic interest. To illustrate, let the diagram 
f passenger 
I saw a collision strike 
y freight 
suggest that, on arriving at the mental stage exhibited by “col¬ 
lision/ 7 I have in mind a phenomenon as yet unrecognized in 
detail; that, however, the idea expressed by “collision/ 7 still 
continuing in mind, unfolds into what is expressed by the re¬ 
maining words. That is, as a blended whole, the occurrence 
