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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817610803321

Titolo

Otto Jespersen : facets of his life and work / / edited by Arne Juul and Hans F. Nielsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 1989

ISBN

1-283-31367-7

9786613313676

90-272-7835-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, , 0304-0720 ; ; v. 52

Altri autori (Persone)

JuulArne

NielsenHans Frede <1943->

Disciplina

410/.92

B

Soggetti

Linguists - Denmark

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.