{"product_id":"the-philosophy-of-grammar-paperback-4","title":"The Philosophy of Grammar - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOtto Jespersen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study grew out of a series of lectures Jespersen gave at Columbia \u003cbr\u003eUniversity in 1909-10, called \"An Introduction to English Grammar.\" \u003cbr\u003eIt is the connected presentation of Jespersen's views of the general \u003cbr\u003eprinciples of grammar based on years of studying various languages \u003cbr\u003ethrough both direct observation of living speech and written and \u003cbr\u003eprinted documents. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of Grammar\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnalytic Syntax\u003c\/i\u003e] set \u003cbr\u003eforth the most extensive and original theory of universal grammar \u003cbr\u003eprior to the work of Chomsky and other generative grammarians of the \u003cbr\u003elast thirty years.\"--Arne Juul and Hans F. Nielsen, in \u003ci\u003eOtto \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJespersen: Facets of His Life and Work\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Besides being one of the most perceptive observers and original \u003cbr\u003ethinkers that the field of linguistics has ever known, Jespersen was \u003cbr\u003ealso one of its most entertaining writers, and reading \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Grammar\u003c\/i\u003e is fun. Read it, enjoy it.\"--James D. \u003cbr\u003eMcCawley, from the Introduction \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOtto Jespersen (1860-1943), an authority on the growth and structure \u003cbr\u003eof language, was the Chair of the English Department at the University \u003cbr\u003eof Copenhagen. Among his many works are \u003ci\u003eA Modern English \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrammar\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnalytic Syntax\u003c\/i\u003e, the latter published by the \u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Chicago Press.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 372\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.51 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52696967643443,"sku":"9780226398815","price":86.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/4d3Z_EF1P09780226398815.webp?v=1763124940","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-philosophy-of-grammar-paperback-4","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}