Selected writings of Otto Jespersen
Otto Jespersen • 1962 • Allen &Unwin
- Author
- Otto Jespersen
- First published
- 1962
- Publisher
- Allen &Unwin
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Published in 1962 by George Allen & Unwin, this collection serves as a retrospective on the work of Otto Jespersen, a pioneering Danish linguist who significantly influenced the study of the English language. Compiled long after his primary output, the volume was intended to preserve and consolidate his essential theories on linguistics, grammar, and phonetic structure for a new generation of scholars and students.
The editorial focus of this selection was to distill Jespersen’s rigorous, empirical approach to language evolution. As a proponent of the view that language is a living, changing system rather than a static set of rules, Jespersen’s writings challenged the prescriptive grammars common in the early 20th century. The collection remains a standard reference point for those studying the history of English philology and the structural evolution of syntax.
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