Efficiency in Linguistic Change

Efficiency in Linguistic Change
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Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Total Pages : 93
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ISBN-10 : 9781528765282
ISBN-13 : 1528765281
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Download or read book Efficiency in Linguistic Change written by Otto Jespersen and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This early work by Otto Jespersen was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Efficiency in Linguistic Change' is an informative work on linguistics and includes chapters on 'Sound-Laws', 'Semantics', 'Glottic', and much more. Otto Jespersen was born in Randers, Denmark on 16th July 1869. He worked as an academic at Copenhagen University and rose to the position of professor of English, a post he held from 1893 to 1925. Jespersen made a considerable contribution to the study of linguistics and some of his works are still used as the basic texts for study in the field.


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