Novial Lexike
| By: | Otto Jespersen |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9780415864640 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781135665470 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2007 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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First published in 2006. Novial (NOV - new, International Auxiliary Language)is one of the easiest constructed languages, partly because it highly resembles English. The multilingual dictionary of 1930, Novial-Lexike, may be in itself a sufficient guide to learn Novial. The reader will find : (1) an introduction showing the urgent need for such a language, (2) the history of the movement with criticism of earlier proposed artificial languages, (3) a detailed grammar, in which, chapter by chapter. the reasons are given that have led to precisely those and to no other forms , (4) the scientific principles of word selection, and (5) some specimens intended to show the use of the language for different purposes and in different styles.