Otto Jespersen: Facets of his Life and Work
Edited by Arne Juul and Hans Frede Nielsen †
This is the first book to give a comprehensive view of the work of Otto Jespersen (1860-1943), the Danish linguist who is perhaps best known for his monumental work A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles. The articles in this volume show the wide range of Jespersen's interests and… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 52] 1989. xviii, 154 pp.