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The most learned of all these philologists argues that during the first or Rhematic period, there existed a tribe in Central Asia which spoke a monosyllabic language, in which lay the germs of the Turanian, Aryan, and Semitic forms of speech.

Rhematic, rē-mat′ik, adj. derived from a verb.—n. the doctrine of propositions.

A field for study—Three divisions of language—Rhematic period—Origin of—Various theories—Change of—Views of Ancients—Number of—Comparative permancy of written language.

Rhematic, that period when men first began to coin expressions for the most necessary ideas.

A fourth term is wanting, the rhematic, or logic of sentences.