Growth and Structure of the English Language
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Publication date:
01/06/1997
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256 pages
184x121mm
Price: 315.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780195615982
Publication date:
01/06/1997
Book
256 pages
Otto Jespersen, Foreword by Randolph Quirk
First published in 1905, and here reissued in its tenth edition, Otto Jespersen?s Growth and Structure of the English Language remains arguably the finest?and certainly the most beloved?of all short histories of the English language.
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Otto Jespersen, Foreword by Randolph Quirk
Description
First published in 1905, and here reissued in its tenth edition, Otto Jespersen’s Growth and Structure of the English Language remains arguably the finest—and certainly the most beloved—of all short histories of the English language.
From the Foreword by Randolph Quirk:
“Jespersen’s continuing appeal lies in the sheer scholarly quality of the man: our awareness in reading him that we are engaged with a supremely learned and cultivated mind. He is indeed the most distinguished scholar of the English language who has ever lived, in my view; no small claim when we reflect on the distinguished scholarship that has for centuries been devoted to our language. A further and related reason is this: while being a deeply serious theoretical linguist to whom such daunting labels as phonetician and grammarian pre-eminently apply, Jespersen was above all a philologist in the older senses of this word—a lover of language and of the arts that are realised in language.”
About the author
Otto Jespersen was, until 1925, Professor of English at the University of Copenhagen. He passed away in 1943. Among his many influential works are Progress in Language (1894), Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin (1923), and The Philosophy of Grammar (1924).
Randolph Quirk, who wrote the foreword to this edition, was formerly Quain Professor of English Language and Literature at University College London and later served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of London.
Otto Jespersen, Foreword by Randolph Quirk
Table of contents
Chapter I. Preliminary Sketch
Chapter II. The Beginnings
Chapter III. Old English
Chapter IV. The Scandinavians
Chapter V. The French
Chapter VI. Latin and Greek
Chapter VII. Various Sources
Chapter VIII. Native Resources
Chapter IX. Grammar
Chapter X. Shakespeare and the Language of Poetry
Chapter XI. Conclusion
Appendices
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Phonetic Symbols
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Abbreviations
Otto Jespersen, Foreword by Randolph Quirk
Description
First published in 1905, and here reissued in its tenth edition, Otto Jespersen’s Growth and Structure of the English Language remains arguably the finest—and certainly the most beloved—of all short histories of the English language.
From the Foreword by Randolph Quirk:
“Jespersen’s continuing appeal lies in the sheer scholarly quality of the man: our awareness in reading him that we are engaged with a supremely learned and cultivated mind. He is indeed the most distinguished scholar of the English language who has ever lived, in my view; no small claim when we reflect on the distinguished scholarship that has for centuries been devoted to our language. A further and related reason is this: while being a deeply serious theoretical linguist to whom such daunting labels as phonetician and grammarian pre-eminently apply, Jespersen was above all a philologist in the older senses of this word—a lover of language and of the arts that are realised in language.”
About the author
Otto Jespersen was, until 1925, Professor of English at the University of Copenhagen. He passed away in 1943. Among his many influential works are Progress in Language (1894), Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin (1923), and The Philosophy of Grammar (1924).
Randolph Quirk, who wrote the foreword to this edition, was formerly Quain Professor of English Language and Literature at University College London and later served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of London.
Table of contents
Chapter I. Preliminary Sketch
Chapter II. The Beginnings
Chapter III. Old English
Chapter IV. The Scandinavians
Chapter V. The French
Chapter VI. Latin and Greek
Chapter VII. Various Sources
Chapter VIII. Native Resources
Chapter IX. Grammar
Chapter X. Shakespeare and the Language of Poetry
Chapter XI. Conclusion
Appendices
-
Phonetic Symbols
-
Abbreviations
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