Otto Jespersen

Otto Jespersen
Otto Jespersen
	Jespersen, c. 1915
Born	16 July 1860; Randers, Denmark
Died	30 April 1943 (aged 82); Roskilde, Denmark
Occupation	Linguist

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."^[1]

^ Mithen, Steven (2005). The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind, and Body. London: Orion. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-7802-2258-5.

[1] Mithen, Steven (2005). The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind, and Body. London: Orion. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-7802-2258-5.

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Otto Jespersen
Jespersen, c. 1915
Born	(1860-07-16)16 July 1860 Randers, Denmark
Died	30 April 1943(1943-04-30) (aged 82) Roskilde, Denmark
Occupation	Linguist