1st Edition

Mankind, Nation and Individual

By Otto Jespersen Copyright 1946
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

480 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