Language, its Nature, Development, and Origin

by Otto Jespersen

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Genres: Linguistics, Nonfiction

452 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1922

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.