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Also Known As Jens Otto Harry Jespersen
Born July 16, 1860 • Randers • Denmark
Died April 30, 1943 (aged 82) • Roskilde • Denmark
Subjects Of Study phonetics • English language • Novial • education • grammar • language • linguistic change

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