PREFACE, INTRODUCTORY NOTE, I. THE ANALYTIC TENDENCY, II. TENDENCY TOWARDS PROGRESSIVE WORD ORDER, III. SYNTHETIC OR AGGLUTINATIVE TENDENCY, IV. HYPERCHARACTERIZATION, V. WEALTH AND REDUCTION OF GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES, VI. REDUPLICATION, VII. GLOSSEME ALTERNATION AND GENERALIZATION, VIII. CONCORD, IX. TENDENCY TOWARDS ARBITRARY LEXEME, SUMMARY OF THE STRUCTURAL TENDENCIES IN THE URALIC LANGUAGES, CONCLUSION, ABBREVIATIONS