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'''Otto Jespersen''' ([[July 16]], [[1860]]-Apr.[[April 30]], [[1943]]) was a [[Denmark|Danish]] [[linguist]] who specialized in the grammar of the [[English]] language. He was also involved in the Delegation that created the artificial language [[Ido]] and later developed the [[Novial language]], which he considered an improvement.

=== Books by Otto Jespersen ===

# 1905: ''Growth and Structure of the English Language'' (still in print, over 50 years after his death and nearly 100 years after publication!)

# 1909: ''Modern English Grammar'' (in seven volumes)

# 1922: ''Language: Its Nature, Development, and Origin''

# 1924: ''The Philosophy of Grammar''

# 1928: ''An International Language'' (the introduction of the [[ Novial language]])

# 1930: ''Novial Lexike'' (dictionary for Novial)