Language

by Otto Jespersen

This book was first published in 1922.

Genres: Linguistics, Nonfiction

450 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1922

About the author

Jens Otto Harry Jespersen was a Danish linguist who worked in foreign-language pedagogy, historical phonetics, and other areas, but is best known for his description of the grammar of the English language.

Jespersen was a professor of English at the University of Copenhagen from 1893 to his retirement in 1925. Jespersen was Dean of the Faculty of Arts from November 1904 to November 1906; and Rector (vice-chancellor, or president) of the university from November 1920 to November 1921.

Reviews

[Eva · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's amazing when you find out that some things you have discovered for yourself only recently have been seen by people such a long time ago. Interesting read.

[هشام · Rating 5 out of 5]

Around 500 pages yet this not was not a drawback for me to finish it in around 24 hours.
Sure this is only a first reading and I will be back for a more thorough and exact reading later.
We are dealing with one of the very first works upon which functional linguistics was developed, yet the book can be used as a very good introduction to linguistics for any student whether advanced or beginner.
I rate it very highly.