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Otto Jespersen: Collected English Writings

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Otto Jespersen is one of the foremost philologists of recent times. A genius phoneticist and a revolutionary force in the teaching of languages, Jespersen's contribution to the understanding of language cannot be overrated. This set offers an unprecedented opportunity to own all of his most influential works written in English in one superb collection. It includes his much referenced 'Modern English Grammar', 'The Philosophy of Grammar', 'How to Teach a Foreign Language', as well as a tome documenting his own constructed language 'Novial Lexike.'

12 Series Titles


A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles Volume 2, Syntax (first volume)

A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles: Volume 2, Syntax (first volume)

1st Edition

By Otto Jespersen
January 30, 2025

This book was first published in 1954....

A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles Volume 3

A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles: Volume 3

1st Edition

By Otto Jespersen
July 08, 2013

This book was first published in 1954....

A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles Volume 6

A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles: Volume 6

1st Edition

By O. Jespersen, P. Christophersen, N. Haislund, K. Schibsbye
July 08, 2013

This book was first published in 1954....

Mankind, Nation and Individual

Mankind, Nation and Individual

1st Edition

By Otto Jespersen
July 08, 2013

This book was first published in 1947....

Novial Lexike

Novial Lexike

1st Edition

By Otto Jespersen
July 08, 2013

First published in 2006. Novial (NOV - new, International Auxiliary Language)is one of the easiest constructed languages, partly because it highly resembles English. The multilingual dictionary of 1930, Novial-Lexike, may be in itself a sufficient guide to learn Novial. The reader will find : (1) ...

A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles Volume 1, Sounds and Spellings

A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles: Volume 1, Sounds and Spellings

1st Edition

By Otto Jespersen
May 03, 2013

This book was first published in 1954....

A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles Volume 4. Syntax (third volume)

A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles: Volume 4. Syntax (third volume)

1st Edition

By Otto Jespersen
May 03, 2013

This book was first published in 1954....

A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles Volume 5, Syntax (fourth volume)

A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles: Volume 5, Syntax (fourth volume)

1st Edition

By Otto Jespersen
May 03, 2013

This book was first published in 1954....

A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles Volume 7. Syntax

A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles: Volume 7. Syntax

1st Edition

By Otto Jespersen, Niels Haislund
May 03, 2013

This book was first published in 1954....

Progress in Language, with special reference to English

Progress in Language, with special reference to English

1st Edition

By Otto Jespersen
May 03, 2013

Part of the Otto Jespersen collected English Writings Collection, originally published in 1894, this volume is to a certain extent an English translation of Jespersens’ ‘Studier over Engelske Kasus, nted en Indledning: Freniskridt i Sproget’, which was to the University of Copenhagen in February, ...

International Language

International Language

1st Edition

By Otto Jespersen
February 13, 2013

This book was first published in 1929....

Language Its Nature and Development

Language: Its Nature and Development

1st Edition

By Otto Jespersen
February 13, 2013

This book was first published in 1922....

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