ABSTRACT

This volume, first published in 1933, brings together a collection of Otto Jespersen’s papers in English, German, and French, which he himself felt should be presented to an international public. This title gives a picture of Jespersen’s development and endeavours as a linguist, and covers a wide time period of his career. This book will be of interest to students of linguistics and foreign language study.

chapter |12 pages

Karl Verner 1

chapter |41 pages

Zur Geschichte der Älteren Phonetik 1

chapter |11 pages

Energetik der Sprache 1

chapter |26 pages

Wesen und System der Sprachlaute 1

chapter |69 pages

Zur Lautgesetzfrage. A. (1886)

chapter |26 pages

Notes on Metre 1

chapter |8 pages

Adversative Conjunctions 1

chapter |21 pages

Symbolic Value of the Vowel I 1

chapter |42 pages

The System of Grammar

chapter |25 pages

Monosyllabism in English 1

chapter |11 pages

Veiled Language 1

chapter |10 pages

A Supposed Feminine Ending 1

chapter |20 pages

Nature and Art in Language 1