Editing Otto Jespersen (section)

==Travels and honours==
Jespersen visited the United States twice: he lectured at the Congress of Arts and Sciences in St.&nbsp;Louis in 1904, and in 1909–1910 he visited both the [[University of California]] and [[Columbia University]].{{Sfnp|Falk|1992|p=466}} While in the U.S., he studied its education system. His autobiography (''En sprogmands levned'') was first published in English translation (''A linguist's life'') as recently as 1995.

After his retirement in 1925, Jespersen remained active in the international linguistic community. As well as continuing to write, he convened and chaired the first International Meeting on Linguistic Research in Geneva in 1930, and presided over the Fourth International Congress of Linguists in Copenhagen in 1936.{{Sfnp|Falk|1992|p=466}}

Jespersen received honorary degrees from [[Columbia University]] in New York (1910), the [[University of St Andrews]] in Scotland (1925), and the [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]] in Paris (1927).{{sfnp|Haislund|1966}} He was one of the first six international scholars to be elected as honorary members of the [[Linguistic Society of America]].{{Sfnp|Falk|1992|p=466}} He was elected a foreign member of the [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1931.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dwc.knaw.nl/biografie/pmknaw/?pagetype=authorDetail&aId=PE00001114 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016130515/https://www.dwc.knaw.nl/biografie/pmknaw/?pagetype=authorDetail&aId=PE00001114 |title=J.O.H. Jespersen (1860–1943) |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |archive-date=16 October 2020}}</ref>