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 specialized in the grammar of the English language. Steven Mithen described 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 Publishing Group. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-7802-2258-5.