Linguistica
Selected Papers in English, French and German
1st Edition
Published on 7. December 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
472 pages
978-1-138-90852-9 (ISBN)
Description
This volume, first published in 1933, brings together a collection of Otto Jespersen's papers in English, German, and French, which he himself felt should be presented to an international public. This title gives a picture of Jespersen's development and endeavours as a linguist, and covers a wide time period of his career. This book will be of interest to students of linguistics and foreign language study.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-90852-9 (9781138908529)
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Person
Jens Otto Harry Jespersen was a Danish linguist who specialized in the grammar of the English language.
Content
1. Farewell Lecture (1925) 2. Karl Verner (1897) 3. L'Etude de la langue maternelle en Danemark 4. Zur geschichte der aelteren phonetik 5. Presidential Address (MHRA 1920) 6. Energetik der sprache (1914) 7. Compte rendu du Cours de F. de Saussure (1916) 8. L'individu et la communaute (1927) 9. Wesen und system der sprachlaute (1904) 10. Zur lautgesetzfrage. A. (1886) B. (1904) C. (1933) 11. Verners gesetz und das wesen des akzents (1933) 12. Notes on Metre (1990) Postscript (1933) 13. Adversative Conjunctions (1918) 14. Symbolic Value of the Vowel I (1922) 15. The System of Grammar (1933) 16. Voiced and Voiceless Fricatives in English (1891; 1932) 17. Monosyllabism in English (1928) 18. Veiled Language (1929) 19. A Supposed Feminine Ending (1927) 20. A Marginal Note on Shakespeare's Language and a Textual Crux in King Lear (1916) 21. Nature and Art in Language (1927); Index