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Title Otto Jespersen : facets of his life and work / edited by Arne Juul and Hans F. Nielsen
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1989

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 154 pages) : illustrations
Series Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences ; v. 52
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences ; v. 52.
Contents Otto Jespersen / by Paul Christophersen -- Otto Jespersen and Copenhagen University / by Jørgen Erik Nielsen -- The teaching of English in Denmark and Otto Jespersen / by Knud Sørensen -- Otto Jespersen's contribution to Danish and general phonetics / by Jørgen Rischel -- On Otto Jespersen's view of language evolution / by Hans Frede Nielsen -- Otto Jespersen as grammarian / by W. Nelson Francis -- Jespersen's new international auxiliary language / by Fritz Larsen -- Otto Jespersen's thinking about child language / by Hans Vejleskov
Summary This is the first book to give a comprehensive view of the work of Otto Jespersen (1860-1943), the Danish linguist who is perhaps best known for his monumental work A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles. The articles in this volume show the wide range of Jespersen's interests and discuss the influence of his contribution to the study of language
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Jespersen, Otto, 1860-1943.
SUBJECT Jespersen, Otto, 1860-1943 fast
Jespersen, Otto. swd
Subject Linguists -- Denmark -- Biography
Linguists -- Denmark -- Biography
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Historical & Comparative.
Linguists
Aufsatzsammlung
Taalwetenschap.
Denmark
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Juul, Arne
Nielsen, Hans Frede, 1943-
LC no. 89017797
ISBN 9789027278357
9027278350