Author: Otto Jespersen

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-09-24

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9781333736743

Excerpt from Growth and Structure of the English Language The scope and plan of this volume have been set forth in the introductory paragraph. I have endeavoured to write at once 'popularly and so as to be Of some profit to the expert philologist. In some cases I have advanced new views without having space enough to give all my reasons for deviating from commonly accepted theories, but I hope to find an opportunity in future works of a more learned Character to argue Out the most debatable points. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.