ABSTRACT

Part of the Otto Jespersen collected English Writings Collection, originally published in 1894, this volume is to a certain extent an English translation of Jespersens’ ‘Studier over Engelske Kasus, nted en Indledning: Freniskridt i Sproget’, which was to the University of Copenhagen in February, 1891 on the development of English Language, but with some notable revisions when translated to English.

chapter Chapter I|17 pages

Introduction.

chapter Chapter II|22 pages

Ancient and Modern Languages.

chapter Chapter III|40 pages

Primitive Grammar.

chapter Chapter IV|32 pages

The History of Chinese And Of Word-Order.

chapter Chapter V|26 pages

The Development of Language.

chapter Chapter VI|44 pages

English Case-Systems, Old and Modern.

chapter Chapter VII|97 pages

Case-Shiftings in the Pronouns.

chapter Chapter VIII|49 pages

The English Group Genitive.

chapter Chapter IX|38 pages

Origin of Language.