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Otto Jespersen
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Danish linguist (1860–1943)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1860
- Died
- 1943
- Works
- 151
Top works
- Modersmalets fonetik, anden udvidede og gennemsigtede udgave
- Ergänzungsheft zu Spoken English
- Lehrbuch der Phonetik
- Logic & grammar
- Chaucer's liv og digtning
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1860-07-16 ) 16 July 1860, Randers , Denmark
- Died
- 30 April 1943 (1943-04-30) (aged 82), Roskilde , Denmark
- Occupation
- Linguist
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Otto
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Danish Realm
- Place of birth
- Randers
- Place of death
- Copenhagen
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Position held
- rector
- Employer
- University of Copenhagen
- Political party
- Social Democrats
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- Danish
- Image
- Otto Jespersen.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1860-01-01
- date of death
- 1943-04-01
- described by source
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Otto Jespersen
- Commons Creator page
- Otto Jespersen
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Encyclopedic overview
Jens Otto Harry Jespersen ( Danish: [ˈʌtsʰo ˈjespɐsn̩]; 16 July 1860 – 30 April 1943) was a Danish linguist who worked in foreign-language pedagogy, historical phonetics, and other areas, but is best known for his description of the grammar of the English language. Steven Mithen describes him as "one of the greatest language scholars of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries."
Early life
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