03362nam 2200553 a 450 991082758820332120240514042524.01-280-87953-X978661372084990-272-7716-8(CKB)2550000000049982(EBL)784337(OCoLC)756484643(MiAaPQ)EBC784337(Au-PeEL)EBL784337(CaPaEBR)ebr10588925(EXLCZ)99255000000004998219930915d1993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierProgress in language with special reference to English /Otto JespersenNew ed. with an introd. /by James D. McCawley.Amsterdam ;Philadelphia J. Benjamins Pub.19931 online resource (400 p.)Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science.Series I,Amsterdam classics in linguistics, 1800-1925,0304-0712 ;v. 17Description based upon print version of record.1-55619-314-9 90-272-1992-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.; INDEXProgress in Language, first published in 1894, dates from fairly early in Otto Jespersen's (1860-1943) academic career; it already contains many of the essentials of his argument against the prevailing mode of 19th-century linguistic thought which he maintained until the end of his life. As James D.McCawley writes in the Introduction:""Much of the fascination of reading this long out-of-print classic lies in seeing its relationship to Jespersen's long and distinguished subsequent career: seeing how much importance he already attached to variation in language, how tightly his views onHistorical linguisticsEnglish languageGrammar, HistoricalHistorical linguistics.English languageGrammar, Historical.417/.7Jespersen Otto1860-1943.29457McCawley James D162631MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827588203321Progress in language3956562UNINA