LANGUAGE
ITS NATURE
DEVELOPMENT
AND ORIGIN

BY
OTTO JESPERSEN
PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN

LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD.
RUSKIN HOUSE, 40 MUSEUM STREET, W.C. 1

First published in 1922

TO
VILHELM THOMSEN

LANGUAGEITS NATUREDEVELOPMENTAND ORIGIN