Mankind, Nation and Individual

By Otto Jespersen

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About the Book

This book was first published in 1947.

Table of Contents

1. Speech and Language

2. Influence of the individual

3. Dialect and common language

4. Dialect and common language (concluded)

5. Standards of correctness

6. Correct and good language

7. The stratification of language

8. Slang

9. Mysticism of Language

10. Other eccentricities of language

11. Conclusion: universal human elements