Otto Jespersen
Born
in Randers, Denmark
July 16, 1860
Died
April 30, 1943
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Growth and Structure of the English Language
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1905
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94 editions
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Language
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1922
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69 editions
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The Philosophy of Grammar
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published
1924
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31 editions
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Essentials of English Grammar
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published
1933
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34 editions
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International Language
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published
2006
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6 editions
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How to Teach a Foreign Language
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2006
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40 editions
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Mankind, Nation and Individual
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published
2006
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18 editions
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Progress in Language, with special reference to English
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published
1993
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36 editions
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A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles: Volume 7. Syntax
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2006
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8 editions
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Negation in English and other languages
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1917
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23 editions
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“Man is a classifying animal: in one sense it may be said that the whole process of speaking is nothing but distributing phenomena, of which no two are alike in every respect, into different classes on the strength of perceived similarities and dissimilarities. In the name-giving process we witness the same ineradicable and very useful tendency to see likenesses and to express similarity in the phenomena through similarity in name.
— Otto Jespersen
Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin (1922)”
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— Otto Jespersen
Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin (1922)”
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