A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles
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A Modern English grammar on historical principles is a seven-volume grammar of English written by Otto Jespersen. The first volume ("part"), Sounds and Spellings, was published in 1909; two through five were on syntax; six was on morphology; and seven returned to the topic of syntax. It took until 1949 for all seven to be completed.[1]: 1766
In 1989 Randolph Quirk called the work "a continual source of inspiration and value".[2] In 2002 Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey K. Pullum called it "One of the most complete grammars for English in the first half of the twentieth century", one "which every serious English grammarian consults on a regular basis".[1]: 1766
Publishing details
[edit]- Part I. Sounds and Spellings. Heidelberg: Winter, 1909. OCLC 895492988. Heidelberg: Winter, 1927. OCLC 832266245.
- Part II. Syntax. First volume. Heidelberg: Winter, 1914. OCLC 721272956. Heidelberg: Winter, 1927. OCLC 504564992.
- Part III. Syntax. Second volume. Heidelberg: Winter, 1927. OCLC 163081744. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1928. OCLC 605978794.
- Part IV. Syntax. Third volume. Time and Tense. Heidelberg: Winter, 1931. OCLC 1072433169.
- Part V. Syntax. Fourth volume. Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1940. OCLC 175015576.
- Part VI. Morphology. With Paul Christophersen, Niels Haislund, and Knud Schibsbye. Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1942. OCLC 220329786.
- Part VII. Syntax. Completed and edited by Niels Haislund. Copenhagen: Munksgaard; London: George Allen & Unwin, 1949. OCLC 889073122.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Huddleston, Rodney; Pullum, Geoffrey K. (2002). The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-43146-0.
- ^ Linn, Andrew (2006). "English grammar writing". In Aarts, Bas; McMahon, April (eds.). The Handbook of English Linguistics. Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-4051-1382-3.
External links
[edit]- Part I, Sounds and Spellings (1949), at the Internet Archive
- Part II, Syntax. First volume (1949), at the Internet Archive
- Part III, Syntax. Second volume (1928), at the Internet Archive
- Part IV, Syntax. Third volume (1931), at the Internet Archive
- Part V, Syntax. Fourth volume (1940), at the Internet Archive
- Part VI, Morphology (also here) (1942), at the Internet Archive
- Part VII, Syntax (1949), at the Internet Archive
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