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Progress in Language : With special reference to English. New edition.

Progress in Language, first published in 1894, dates from fairly early in Otto Jespersen's (1860-1943) academic career; it already contains many of the essentials of his argument against the prevailing mode of 19th-century linguistic thought which he maintained until the end of his life. As Jam...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jespersen, Otto
Otros Autores: McCawley, James D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • PROGRESS IN LANGUAGEWITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ENGLISH; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; SELECT BIBLIORAPHY OF JESPERSEN'S WRITINGS; PROGRESS IN LANGUAGE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ENGLISH; PREFACE.; CONTRACTIONS; Table of contents; CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.; CHAPTER II. ANCIENT AND MODERN LANGUAGES.; CHAPTER III. PRIMITIVE GRAMMAR.; CHAPTER IV. THE HISTORY OF CHINESE AND OF WORD-ORDER.; CHAPTER V. THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE.; CHAPTER VI. ENGLISH CASE-SYSTEMS, OLD AND MODERN.; CHAPTER VII. CASE-SHIFTINGS IN THE PRONOUNS.
  • Chapter viii. the english group genitive.index.