Progress in language : with special reference to English / Otto Jespersen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jespersen, Otto, 1860-1943.

Contributor:

McCawley, James D.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Amsterdam classics in linguistics, 1800-1925, 0304-0712 ; Series I, v. 17

Amsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800–1925 ; 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historical linguistics.

English language--Grammar, Historical.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Edition:

New ed. with an introd. / by James D. McCawley.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., 1993.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Progress in Language, first published in 1894, dates from fairly early in Otto Jespersen's (1860-1943) academic career; it already contains many of the essentials of his argument against the prevailing mode of 19th-century linguistic thought which he maintained until the end of his life. As James D.McCawley writes in the Introduction:""Much of the fascination of reading this long out-of-print classic lies in seeing its relationship to Jespersen's long and distinguished subsequent career: seeing how much importance he already attached to variation in language, how tightly his views on

Contents:

PROGRESS IN LANGUAGE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ENGLISH; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; SELECT BIBLIORAPHY OF JESPERSEN'S WRITINGS; PROGRESS IN LANGUAGE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ENGLISH; PREFACE.; CONTRACTIONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS; CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.; CHAPTER II. ANCIENT AND MODERN LANGUAGES.; CHAPTER III. PRIMITIVE GRAMMAR.; CHAPTER IV. THE HISTORY OF CHINESE AND OF WORD-ORDER.; CHAPTER V. THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE.; CHAPTER VI.; I. MORPHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION.; II. SYNTACTICAL CLASSIFICATION.

I. MORPHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION.II. SYNTACTICAL CLASSIFICATION.; CHAPTER VII. CASE-SHIFTINGS IN THE PRONOUNS.; I. Relative Attraction.; II. Blendings.; III. Anacoluthia.; IV. Influence from the Nouns.; V. Position.; VI. Phonetic Influences.; CHAPTER VIII. THE ENGLISH GROUP GENITIVE.; APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VIII.; CHAPTER IX. ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE.; I. METHOD.; II. SOUNDS.; III. GRAMMAR.; IV. VOCABULARY.; V. CONCLUSION.; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-87953-X

9786613720849

90-272-7716-8

OCLC:

756484643