Progress in Language, with special reference to English / Edition 1

by Otto Jespersen

Overview

Part of the Otto Jespersen collected English Writings Collection, originally published in 1894, this volume is to a certain extent an English translation of Jespersens’ ‘Studier over Engelske Kasus, nted en Indledning: Freniskridt i Sproget’, which was to the University of Copenhagen in February, 1891 on the development of English Language, but with some notable revisions when translated to English.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415402583
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/16/2006
Series:	Otto Jespersen
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

I. Introduction, II. Ancient and Modern Languages, III. Primitive Grammar, IV. The History of Chinese and of Word-Order, V. The Development of Language, VI. English Case-Systems, Old and Modern, VII. Case-Shiftings in the Pronouns, VIII. The English Group Genitive, Appendix. Bill Stumps his Mark, IX. Origin of Language, I. Method, II. Sounds, III. Grammar, IV. Vocabulary, V. Conclusion