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  • How to Teach a Foreign Language

    The book outlines various teaching strategies and methods, highlighting how educators can effectively teach language by focusing on immersion, repetition, and contextual learning. Jespersen combines linguistic theory with practical application, stressing that effective foreign language teaching must account for both the psychological aspects of learning and the grammatical systems of the target ... Read more

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  • How to Teach a Foreign Language

    Translated by Sophia Yhlen-Olsen Bertelsen ...
    In "How to Teach a Foreign Language," Otto Jespersen, a prominent linguist and educator, explores the methodology and pedagogical principles behind effective foreign language instruction. The book combines evidence-based practices with Jespersen's own innovative ideas on language acquisition, advocating for a natural, immersive approach that emphasizes communication over rote memorization. His ... Read more

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  • Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin

    Enriched edition. A Scientific Study of Linguistic Evolution, Origins, and the Social Life of Speech

    In "Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin," Otto Jespersen explores the intricate tapestry of language, considering its biological, psychological, and social dimensions. Through a rigorous linguistic framework, Jespersen employs a descriptive and analytical style that deftly combines historical linguistics with contemporary insights, revealing the evolution of language as a dynamic and ... Read more

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  • Growth and Structure of the English Language

    This early work Otto Jespersen was originally published in 1905 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Growth and Structure of the English Language' is a scholarly linguistic study. Otto Jespersen was born in Randers, Denmark on 16th July 1869. He worked as an academic at Copenhagen University and rose to the position of professor of English, a post he held from ... Read more

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  • Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin

    The science of language began, tentatively and approximately, when the minds of men first turned to problems like these: How is it that people do not speak everywhere the same language? How were words first created? What is the relation between a name and the thing it stands for? Why is such and such a person, or such and such a thing, called this and not that? The first answers to these questions ... Read more

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  • How To Teach A Foreign Language

    When, in accordance with a wish expressed by English and American friends, I determined to have my Sprogundervisning translated into English, I found it difficult to decide what to retain and what to leave out of the original. So much of what I had written appeared to me to apply more or less exclusively to Danish schools and Danish methods, and I had too little personal experience of the practice ... Read more

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  • Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin

    This book is a classic work of linguistics, created by one of the most prominent scholars, Otto Jaspersen. The linguistic importance of this book is attributed to the fact that it underlines the importance of the role of the speaker in the natural development of the language. The topics presented in this book include the history of linguistics pre and during the 19th century, the development of ... Read more

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  • Efficiency in Linguistic Change

    This early work by Otto Jespersen was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Efficiency in Linguistic Change' is an informative work on linguistics and includes chapters on 'Sound-Laws', 'Semantics', 'Glottic', and much more. Otto Jespersen was born in Randers, Denmark on 16th July 1869. He worked as an academic at ... Read more

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  • How to Teach a Foreign Language

    About twenty years ago, when I began to be interested in a reformation of the teaching of modern languages, there were not, as there are now, numerous books and articles on the subject, but merely scattered hints, especially in the works of Sweet and Storm. It was not long, however, before the movement found itself well under headway, especially in Germany. In Scandinavia it began at the ... Read more

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  • A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles

    Volume 4. Syntax (third volume)

    Series series Otto Jespersen
    This book was first published in 1954, A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles is a valuable contribution to the field of English Language and Linguistics. ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles

    Volume 2, Syntax (first volume)

    Series series Otto Jespersen
    This book was first published in 1954, A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles is a valuable contribution to the field of English Language and Linguistics. ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles

    Volume 1, Sounds and Spellings

    Series series Otto Jespersen
    This book was first published in 1954, A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles is a valuable contribution to the field of English Grammar and Linguistics. ... Read more

    $77.99 USD