Definition of Jespersen

1. Noun. Danish linguist (1860-1943).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Jespersen

Jerusalem artichoke
Jerusalem artichoke sunflower
Jerusalem artichokes
Jerusalem cherry
Jerusalem cricket
Jerusalem crickets
Jerusalem cross
Jerusalem oak
Jerusalem sage
Jerusalem syndrome
Jerusalem thorn
Jerusalemite
Jerusalemites
Jesolo
Jespersen
Jess
Jessamine
Jessamyn
Jesse
Jesse Jackson
Jesse James
Jesse Louis Jackson
Jesse Owens
Jesse Tree
Jesse Trees
Jesselton
Jesses
Jessica
Jessica Lucy Mitford

Literary usage of Jespersen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"We must turn, then, to a few serious grammarians—mostly to jespersen 1909-49 but also to Quirk et al. 1985—for an insight or two. Back in Middle English the ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"Professor jespersen refutes his own statement that Esperanto can not be printed in any printing office, by showing in the Litter part of his article that ..."

3. American Journal of Philology by Project Muse, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"Mr. jespersen * in a recent plea for greater independence in the methods of modern philology, found heart to deprecate the baneful influence of the ..."

4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1913)
"If, then, our speech, In the opinion of one of Its sincerest admirers, Is In a somewhat unnatural state; and If, as Dr. jespersen not obscurely hints, ..."

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