Language : its nature, development, and origin
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Language : its nature, development, and origin
（Routledge library editions, . Collected English writings / Otto Jespersen）
Routledge, 2007, c1922
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"First published in 1922"--T.p. verso
Includes index
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Description
Otto Jespersen is one of the foremost philologists of recent times. A genius phoneticist and a revolutionary force in the teaching of languages, Jespersen's contribution to the understanding of language cannot be overrated. This set offers an unprecedented opportunity to own all of his most influential works written in English in one superb collection. It includes his much referenced 'Modern English Grammar', 'The Philosophy of Grammar', 'How to Teach a Foreign Language', as well as a tome documenting his own constructed language 'Novial Lexike.'
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This book was first published in 1922.
Table of Contents
Book 1: History of Linguistic Science
1. Before 1800
2. Beginning of the nineteenth century
3. Middle of the nineteenth century
4. End of the nineteenth century
Book 2: The Child
5. Sounds
6. Words
7. Grammar
8. Some fundamental problems
9. The influence of the child on linguistic development
10. The influence of the child (continued)
Book 3: The Individual and the World
11. The foreigner
12. Pidgin and congeners
13. The woman
14. Causes of change
15. Causes of change (continued)
Book 4: Development of Language
16. Etymology
17. Progress or decay?
18. Progress
19. Origin of grammatical elements
20. Sound symbolism
21. The origin of speech
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