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Otto Jespersen (1) (1860–1943)

Author of Growth and Structure of the English Language

For other authors named Otto Jespersen, see the disambiguation page.

41 Works 720 Members 5 Reviews 1 Favorited

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Image credit: Otto Jespersen. Fotograf: Peter Elfelt.
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Works by Otto Jespersen

Growth and Structure of the English Language (1972) — Author — 254 copies, 1 review

The Philosophy of Grammar (1965) 94 copies

Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin (1925) 86 copies, 1 review

Essentials of English grammar (1933) 83 copies, 3 reviews

A modern English grammar on historical principles (1904) 17 copies

Mankind, nation and individual from a linguistic point of view (2006) 15 copies

A modern English grammar on historical principles. Part V. Syntax, Fourth volume (2006) 14 copies

Analytic syntax (1984) 14 copies

A modern English grammar on historical principles. Part I, Sounds and spellings (1946) 14 copies

A modern English grammar on historical principles. Part VI, Morphology (1946) 12 copies

A modern English grammar on historical principles. Part IV, Syntax. Third volume, Time and tense (1931) 11 copies

A modern English grammar on historical principles. Part III, Syntax. Second volume (1927) 11 copies

A modern English grammar on historical principles. Part II, Syntax. First volume (1956) 10 copies

A modern English grammar on historical principles. Part VII, Syntax (1946) 9 copies

Selected Writings of Otto Jespersen (Routledge Revivals) (2010) 8 copies

An international language (2006) — Author — 8 copies

John Hart's Pronunciation of English (1569-1570) (2010) 7 copies

How to teach a foreign language (2006) 7 copies

Novial Lexike : international dictionary (2013) 5 copies

Progress in language with special reference to English (1993) 4 copies

Modersmålets fonetik 4 copies

Negation in English and Other Languages (2010) 3 copies

Linguistica : selected papers in English, French and German (2015) 3 copies

A linguist's life : an English translation of Otto Jerpersen's autobiography with notes, photos and a… (1995) 3 copies

De ontwikkeling en de oorsprong van de taal 3 copies

Uniono por la Linguo Internaciona 2 copies

Tanker og Studier 2 copies

Sprogundervisning 2 copies

Historio de nia linguo; artificala lingui pos la mondmilito 2 copies

International Communication. A Symposium on the Language Problem. [Psyche Miniatures, General Series No. 37] 2 copies

Discussion pri international lingue inter Otto Jespersen e Edgar Wahl in Novial e Occidental. (Helsingør 1935.) 1 copy

Notes on Relative Clauses 1 copy

Dictionnaire International-Français par L. de Beaufront et L. Couturat (préface) 1 copy

Sproget : Barnet, Kvinden, Slaegten 1 copy

Nutidssprog hos børn og voxne 1 copy

The system of grammar 1 copy

Engelske Læsestykker med Øvelser 1 copy

A Modern English Grammar (7 Volumes) : on Historical Principles 1 copy

Analytic Syntax 1 copy

Efficiency in Linguistic Change 1 copy

Fonetik 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Jespersen, Jens Otto Harry
Other names: JESPERSEN, Otto
JESPERSEN, Jens Otto Harry
Birthdate: 1860-07-16
Date of death: 1943-04-30
Gender: male
Nationality: Denmark
Country (for map): Denmark
Birthplace: Randers, Denmark
Place of death: Roskilde, Denmark
Education: Copenhagen University
Occupations: linguist
Organizations: Copenhagen University
Short biography: Otto Jespersen was a Danish linguist and a foremost authority on English grammar. He helped to revolutionize language teaching in Europe, contributed greatly to the advancement of phonetics, linguistic theory, and the history of English, and originated an international language, Novial.
Disambiguation notice: VIAF:PND:118776169

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Essentials of English grammar by Otto Jesperson

I bought this book in high school. It was too technical for me then, and remained so when I tried to read it later, when I also realized it was out of date. Still I keep this listing because the topic and the text did keep me interested in languages and people who study them.

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mykl-s | 2 other reviews | Jun 17, 2023 |

Essentials of English Grammar by Otto Jesperson

This book was a bit of a muddled review of grammar principles. While it was still useful, to some extent, I found that it would be much more useful to people who English is not their first language. Many of the principles and concepts, from moderate education, are already known to any decent reader and writer. Additionally, some of the examples and conceptualizations were archaic in nature. The examples that he provides are decent, but some of them fall off the wayside as he goes into detail about them.

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DanielSTJ | 2 other reviews | Jun 19, 2019 |

Language It's Nature Development and Origin by Otto Jespersen

Old fashioned and terribly sexist, but still a classic in the field. If you're not a linguist, remember the field has grown and changed exponentially since this was written. Reading it, one gets to see how to treat language as an object of study in order to analyze it properly

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echaika | Aug 18, 2009 |

Growth & Structure of the English La 9TH Edition by Otto Jespersen

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Joseph P. Ascherl Typography

Francesc Vallverdú Foreword

Joan A. Argenter Translator

Carlos Manzano Translator

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Statistics

Works: 41
Members: 720
Popularity: #35,254
Rating: 4.2

Reviews: 5
ISBNs: 103
Languages: 3
Favorited: 1

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