Otto Jespersen

Broschiertes Buch

Language; Its Nature, Development and Origin

Beschreibung

This book contains a detailed exploration of language, being an analysis of its nature, development, and origin. This fascinating text contains a wealth of information on the subject of linguistics, and will appeal to students and those with a keen interest in the subject. Although old, much of the information contained within this book is timeless, and will be of considerable utility to the modern reader. The chapters of this book include: ¿History of Linguistic Science¿, ¿Before 1800¿, ¿Beginning of Nineteenth Century¿, ¿Middle of Nineteenth Century¿, ¿End of Nineteenth Century¿, ¿Sounds¿, ¿Words¿, ¿Grammar¿, ¿Some Fundamental Problems¿, etcetera. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.

Autor

Jens Otto Harry Jespersen, a Danish linguist, specializing in English grammar. Steven Mithen referred to him as "one of the greatest language scholars of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries." Otto Jespersen was born in Randers, Jutland. As a kid, he was attracted by the work of Danish philologist Rasmus Rask, and he taught himself Icelandic, Italian, and Spanish using Rask's grammar. He enrolled in the University of Copenhagen in 1877 at the age of 17, originally studying law but also learning languages. In 1881, he changed his entire concentration to languages, and in 1887, he received his master's degree in French, with English and Latin as secondary languages. In June 1886, Jespersen joined the International Phonetic Association, which was then known as The Phonetic Teachers' Association. In fact, in a letter to Paul Passy, Jespersen proposed the notion of constructing a phonetic alphabet that could be utilized by all languages. From 1887 to 1888, he visited England, Germany, and France, where he met linguists like as Henry Sweet and Paul Passy and attended lectures at universities such as Oxford. On the recommendation of his professor Vilhelm Thomsen, he returned to Copenhagen in August 1888 to begin work on his PhD dissertation on the English case system. He successfully defended his dissertation in 1891.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Ghose Press
• Seitenzahl: 452
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 633g
• ISBN-13: 9781443713597
• ISBN-10: 1443713597
• Artikelnr.: 24955239