Otto Jespersen: 21 books

The science of language began, tentatively and approximately, when the minds of men first turned to problems like these: How is it that people do not speak everywhere the same language? How were words first created? What is the relation between a name and the thing it stands for? Why is such and such...

This book was first published in 1954.

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This book was first published in 1947, Mankind, Nation and Individual is a valuable contribution to the field of English Language and Linguistics.

This book was first published in 1904, How to Teach a Foreign Language is a valuable contribution to the field of English Language and Linguistics.

This book was first published in 1954, A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles is a valuable contribution to the field of English Language and Linguistics.

About twenty years ago, when I began to be interested in a reformation of the teaching of modern languages, there were not, as there are now, numerous books and articles on the subject, but merely scattered hints, especially in the works of Sweet and Storm. It was not long, however, before the movement...