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Jespersen was a professor of English at the University of Copenhagen from 1893 to 1925, and served as Rector of the university in 1920–21. His early work focused primarily on language teaching reform and on phonetics, but he is best known for his later work on syntax and on language development.
Jens Otto Harry Jespersen (Randers, 16 de julho de 1860 – Roskilde, 30 de abril de 1943) foi um linguista dinamarquês que se especializou na gramática da língua inglesa. Ele nasceu em Randers, no nordeste de Jutlândia e frequentou a Universidade de Copenhaga, ganhando títulos em inglês, francês e latim. Ele também estudou ...
Otto Jespersen was a Danish linguist and a foremost authority on English grammar. He helped to revolutionize language teaching in Europe, contributed greatly to the advancement of phonetics, linguistic theory, and the history of English, and originated an international language, Novial (q.v.).
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29 de nov. de 2019 · Otto Jespersen's 'Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin' is a profound exploration of the intricacies of language, tracing its evolution from its earliest forms to the complex...
These are the words with which Danish linguist Otto Jespersen (1860–1943) rejected contemporary proposals to revive Latin as a language of international communication. Overcoming the curse of Babel was a problem that greatly exercised Jespersen, as it did numerous other scholars, scientists and enthusiastic amateurs in this period.
Otto Jespersen. This study grew out of a series of lectures Jespersen gave at Columbia. University in 1909-10, called “An Introduction to English Grammar.”. It is the connected presentation of Jespersen’s views of the general. principles of grammar based on years of studying various languages.
Otto Jespersen's life and career. Otto Jespersen (1860–1943) was almost the same age as two other important figures in the late 19th Century pan-European Reform Movement in modern language teaching, Felix Franke and Paul Passy ( q.v. ).
