1st Edition

Mankind, Nation and Individual

By Otto Jespersen Copyright 1946
    230 Pages
    by Routledge

    230 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book was first published in 1947.

    1. Speech and Language

    2. Influence of the individual

    3. Dialect and common language

    4. Dialect and common language (concluded)

    5. Standards of correctness

    6. Correct and good language

    7. The stratification of language

    8. Slang

    9. Mysticism of Language

    10. Other eccentricities of language

    11. Conclusion: universal human elements

    Biography

    Otto Jespersen