Philosophy of Grammar

Informationen zum Autor Otto Jespersen (1860-1943), an authority on the growth and structure of language, was the Chair of the English Department at the University of Copenhagen. Zusammenfassung "Philosophy of Grammar" was first published in 1924. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Living grammar 2. Systematic grammar 3. Systematic grammar (continued) 4. Parts of speech 5. Substantive and adjectives 6. Parts of speech (concluded) 7. The three ranks 8. Junction and nexus 9. Various kinds of nexus 10. Nexus-substantives. Final words on nexus 11. Subject and predicate 12. Object. Active and passive 13. Case 14. Number 15. Number (concluded) 16. Person 17. Sex and Gender 18. Comparison 19. Time and tense 20. Time and tense (concluded 21. Direct and indirect speech 22. Classification of utterances 23. Moods 24. Negation 25. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Otto Jespersen, Jespersen Otto
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.10.2006
• EAN: 9780415402576
• ISBN: 978-0-415-40257-6
• No. of pages: 362
• Series: Otto Jespersen
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology