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Mankind, Nation and Individual

By Otto Jespersen

To Be Published September 27th 2013 by Routledge – 240 pages

Series: Otto Jespersen

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    Description

    This book was first published in 1947.

    Contents

    1. Speech and Language

    2. Influence of the individual

    3. Dialect and common language

    4. Dialect and common language (concluded)

    5. Standards of correctness

    6. Correct and good language

    7. The stratification of language

    8. Slang

    9. Mysticism of Language

    10. Other eccentricities of language

    11. Conclusion: universal human elements

    Name: Mankind, Nation and Individual (Paperback) – Routledge 
    Description: By Otto Jespersen. This book was first published in 1947.
    Categories: Grammar, Phonology, Syntax, Theoretical Linguistics