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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jespersen, Otto
Other Authors: McCawley, James D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 James D. McCawley writes in the Introduction:"Much of the fascination of reading this long out-of-print classic lies in seeing its relationship to Jespersen's long and distinguished subsequent career: seeing how much importance he already attached to variation in language, how tightly his views on linguistic.
Physical Description:1 online resource (210 pages)
ISBN:9789027277169
9027277168