LANGUAGE : Its Nature, Development and Origin (The Norton Library Series)
Language: English
Published by W.W. Norton, New York, NY, 1964
- First Edition
- Softcover
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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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- Title
- LANGUAGE : Its Nature, Development and Origin (The Norton Library Series)
- Author
- Jespersen, Otto
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton, New York, NY
- Publication year
- 1964
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- None as Issued
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0393002292
- ISBN 13
- 9780393002294
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Seller catalogs
- History, Language Arts, Linguistics, Languages
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