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200 10$aProgress in language$b[electronic resource] $ewith special reference to English /$fOtto Jespersen
205   $aNew ed. with an introd. /$bby James D. McCawley.
210   $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia $cJ. Benjamins Pub.$d1993
215   $a1 online resource (400 p.)
225  0$aAmsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science.$nSeries I,$pAmsterdam classics in linguistics, 1800-1925,$x0304-0712 ;$vv. 17
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aPROGRESS 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.
327   $aI. 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
330   $aProgress 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 on
606   $aHistorical linguistics
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