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Jespersen's Cycle

historical development of the expression of negation in some languages (preverbal negation marker → elements both before and after the verb → loss of the original preverbal marker)
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Jespersen's Cycle

Summary

Jespersen's Cycle ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (236 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Jespersen's Cycle is credited with the discovery of Otto Jespersen[2].
  • Otto Jespersen is named after Jespersen's Cycle[3].
  • Jespersen's Cycle is a type of linguistic phenomenon[4].
  • Jespersen's Cycle's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1917[5].

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Definition and Type

Jespersen's Cycle is a type of linguistic phenomenon[4].

Origins

Otto Jespersen is named after Jespersen's Cycle[3].

Why It Matters

Jespersen's Cycle ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (236 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6]

Related Entities

Otto Jespersen

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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Discoverer or inventor → Otto Jespersen
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