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Language

Its Nature and Development

By Otto Jespersen

Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge

Series: Otto Jespersen

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    Description

    This book was first published in 1922.

    Contents

    Book 1: History of Linguistic Science

    1. Before 1800

    2. Beginning of the nineteenth century

    3. Middle of the nineteenth century

    4. End of the nineteenth century

    Book 2: The Child

    5. Sounds

    6. Words

    7. Grammar

    8. Some fundamental problems

    9. The influence of the child on linguistic development

    10. The influence of the child (continued)

    Book 3: The Individual and the World

    11. The foreigner

    12. Pidgin and congeners

    13. The woman

    14. Causes of change

    15. Causes of change (continued)

    Book 4: Development of Language

    16. Etymology

    17. Progress or decay?

    18. Progress

    19. Origin of grammatical elements

    20. Sound symbolism

    21. The origin of speech

    Name: Language: Its Nature and Development (Paperback) – Routledge 
    Description: By Otto Jespersen. This book was first published in 1922.
    Categories: Grammar, Phonology, Syntax, Theoretical Linguistics