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Autore |
Jespersen Otto <1860-1943.> |
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Titolo |
Progress in language [[electronic resource] ] : with special reference to English / / Otto Jespersen |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., 1993 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-87953-X |
9786613720849 |
90-272-7716-8 |
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Edizione |
[New ed. with an introd. /] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (400 p.) |
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Collana |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series I, Amsterdam classics in linguistics, 1800-1925, , 0304-0712 ; ; v. 17 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Historical linguistics |
English language - Grammar, Historical |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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PROGRESS IN LANGUAGE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ENGLISH; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; SELECT BIBLIORAPHY OF JESPERSEN'S WRITINGS; PROGRESS IN LANGUAGE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ENGLISH; PREFACE.; CONTRACTIONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS; CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.; CHAPTER II. ANCIENT AND MODERN LANGUAGES.; CHAPTER III. PRIMITIVE GRAMMAR.; CHAPTER IV. THE HISTORY OF CHINESE AND OF WORD-ORDER.; CHAPTER V. THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE.; CHAPTER VI.; I. MORPHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION.; II. SYNTACTICAL CLASSIFICATION. |
I. MORPHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION.II. SYNTACTICAL CLASSIFICATION.; CHAPTER VII. CASE-SHIFTINGS IN THE PRONOUNS.; I. Relative Attraction.; II. Blendings.; III. Anacoluthia.; IV. Influence from the Nouns.; V. Position.; VI. Phonetic Influences.; CHAPTER VIII. THE ENGLISH GROUP GENITIVE.; APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VIII.; CHAPTER IX. ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE.; I. METHOD.; II. SOUNDS.; III. GRAMMAR.; IV. VOCABULARY.; V. CONCLUSION.; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Progress in Language, first published in 1894, dates from fairly early in Otto Jespersen's (1860-1943) academic career; it already contains |
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