A modern English grammar on historical principles is a seven-volume
grammar of
English written by
Otto Jespersen. The first volume ("part"), Sounds and Spellings, was published in 1909; two through five were on syntax; six was on morphology; and seven returned to the topic of syntax. It took until 1949 for all seven to be completed.[1]: 1766
In 1989
Randolph Quirk called the work "a continual source of inspiration and
value".[2]
Publishing details
Part I. Sounds and Spellings. Heidelberg: Winter, 1909.
OCLC895492988. Heidelberg: Winter, 1927.
OCLC832266245.
Part II. Syntax. First volume. Heidelberg: Winter, 1914.
OCLC721272956. Heidelberg: Winter, 1927.
OCLC504564992.
Part III. Syntax. Second volume. Heidelberg: Winter, 1927.
OCLC163081744. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1928.
OCLC605978794.
Part IV. Syntax. Third volume. Time and Tense. Heidelberg: Winter, 1931.
OCLC1072433169.
Part V. Syntax. Fourth volume. Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1940.
OCLC175015576.
Part VI. Morphology. With Paul Christophersen, Niels Haislund, and Knud Schibsbye. Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1942.
OCLC220329786.
Part VII. Syntax. Completed and edited by Niels Haislund. Copenhagen: Munksgaard; London: George Allen & Unwin, 1949.
OCLC889073122.
^Linn, Andrew (2006). "English grammar writing". In Aarts, Bas;
McMahon, April (eds.). The Handbook of English Linguistics. Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell. p. 81.
ISBN978-1-4051-1382-3.