LANGUAGE : Its Nature, Development and Origin (The Norton Library Series)

Jespersen, Otto

ISBN 10: 0393002292 / ISBN 13: 9780393002294

Published by W.W. Norton, New York, NY, 1964

About this Item

Text/BRAND NEW. Soft cover/NF, w/light wear & showing discoloration. PO name to title page. Classic study in linguistics. Published w/o ISBN; ISBN assigned to Norton reprint of 2000. This 1964 Norton issue carries Otto Jespersen's (1893 - 1943) preface dated 1921. Text in 4 books: Book I, History of Linguistics; II, The Child; III, The Individual & the World (The Foreigner, Pidgin & Congeners, The Woman, Causes of Change); and, IV, Development of Language. Fine copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: LANGUAGE : Its Nature, Development and Origin (The Norton Library Series)
• Publisher: W.W. Norton, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1964
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393002292
• ISBN 13: 9780393002294
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition, First Thus
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued
• Seller catalogs:
  • History
  • Language/Linguistics/Language Arts

About this title

Synopsis

This book was first published in 1922.

About the Author

Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) was professor of English at the University of Copenhagen. Among his many works in "Growth and Structure of the English Language," also published by the University of Chicago Press.