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Part has other than academic value, it should lead to a practical consideration of the meaning of words. Indeed it is only through an appreciation of their significations that any study of words is of value. The practical application then of Semantics or the Science of Significations is of prime importance.

Part has treated casually of the complexity of laws that govern words; of the different aspects of the many elements of linguistics; of characteristics and relationships perceived from various points-of-view; of the life of language and of the tendencies of the parts of speech, etc., which, of course, are understood to mean the trend of intellectual activities wherein are found the life of language and the tendencies of words.