by
OTTO JESPERSEN
Professor of English in the University of Copenhagen
LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD
RUSKIN HOUSE, 40 MUSEUM STREET, W.C.1
NEW YORK: HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
TO
VILHELM THOMSEN
Preface
Abbreviations of Book Titles, Etc.
Phonetic Symbols
CHAPTER
I. Before 1800
II. Beginning of Nineteenth Century
III. Middle of Nineteenth Century
IV. End of Nineteenth Century
V. Sounds
VI. Words
VII. Grammar
IX. Some Fundamental Problems
X. The Influence of the Child on Linguistic Development
XI. The Foreigner
XII. Pidgins and Congeners
XIII. The Woman
XIV. Causes of Change
XV. Causes of Change (continued)
XVI. Etymology
XVII. Progress or Decay?
XVIII. Progress
XIX. Origin of Grammatical Elements
XX. Sound Symbolism
XXI. The Origin of Speech
Index
James Chandler 09-Jun-01