1st Edition

The Philosophy of Grammar

By Otto Jespersen Copyright 1924
    362 Pages
    by Routledge

    362 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book was first published in 1924.

    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

    Biography

    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.