This study grew out of a series of lectures Jespersen gave at ColumbiaUniversity in 1909-10, called “An Introduction to English Grammar.”It is the connected presentation of Jespersen's views of the generalprinciples of grammar based on years of studying various languagesthrough both direct observation of living speech and written andprinted documents.“[The Philosophy of Grammar and Analytic Syntax] setforth the most extensive and original theory of universal grammarprior to the work of Chomsky and other generative grammarians of thelast thirty years.”—Arne Juul and Hans F. Nielsen, in Otto Jespersen: Facets of His Life and Work“Besides being one of the most perceptive observers and originalthinkers that the field of linguistics has ever known, Jespersen wasalso one of its most entertaining writers, and reading The Philosophy of Grammar is fun. Read it, enjoy it.”—James D.McCawley, from the IntroductionOtto Jespersen (1860-1943), an authority on the growth and structureof language, was the Chair of the English Department at the Universityof Copenhagen. Among his many works are A Modern English Grammar and Analytic Syntax, the latter published by theUniversity of Chicago Press.

The Philosophy of Grammar

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Jespersen, Otto

Words, Language & Grammar

University of Chicago Press

When, in accordance with a wish expressed byE nglish and American friends, I determined to have myS progundervisning translated into English, I found it difficult to decide what to retain and what to leave out of the original. So much of what I had written appeared to me to apply more or less exclusively toD anish schools and Danish methods, and I had too little personal experience of the practice of English teachers or of English school-books to be quite sure of the advisability in each case of including or excluding this or that remark. I have, however, made my choice to the best of my ability, and if some parts of my criticism are not altogether applicable toE nglish methods, I hope I may be excused on the plea that what is now the really important thing is less the destruction of bad old methods than a positive indication of the new ways to be followed if we are to have thoroughly efficient teaching in modern languages. OTTO JESPERSEN. Gentofte, Near Copenhagen.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

How to Teach a Foreign Language

ALLEN U

Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles: Part VII Syntax

Allen& Unwin

<p>Here the great Danish linguist Otto Jespersen puts forward his views on grammatical structure in a kind of shorthand formalism, devising symbols that represent various grammatical elements and then analyzing numerous sentences in terms of these symbols. The contemporaneity of these analyses is remarkable, for they allude to concepts that were uncongenial to linguists in 1937 when the book was first published, but which have come to be generally accepted in the linguistics community during the past twenty-five years.</p>

Analytic Syntax

Foreign Language Study & Reference

This study grew out of a series of lectures Jespersen gave at Columbia University in 1909-10, called “An Introduction to English Grammar.” It is the connected presentation of Jespersen's views of the general principles of grammar based on years of studying various languages through both direct observation of living speech and written and printed documents.  “[The Philosophy of Grammar and Analytic Syntax] set forth the most extensive and original theory of universal grammar prior to the work of Chomsky and other generative grammarians of the last thirty years.”—Arne Juul and Hans F. Nielsen, in Otto Jespersen: Facets of His Life and Work  “Besides being one of the most perceptive observers and original thinkers that the field of linguistics has ever known, Jespersen was also one of its most entertaining writers, and reading The Philosophy of Grammar is fun. Read it, enjoy it.”—James D. McCawley, from the Introduction  Otto Jespersen (1860-1943), an authority on the growth and structure of language, was the Chair of the English Department at the University of Copenhagen. Among his many works are A Modern English Grammar and Analytic Syntax, the latter published by the University of Chicago Press.

Lehrbuch Der Phonetik (German Edition)

Wentworth Press

Growth and Structure of the English Language

History

Franklin Classics

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Essentials of English Grammar: 25th impression, 1987

Routledge

Essentials of English Grammar (Otto Jespersen)

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