“Language could be used as an instrument of control, a way of establishing hierarchies that suggest one set of people is better… — David Crow Copy Share Image
By sincerity, a man gains physical, mental and linguistic straightforwardness, and harmonious tendency; that is, congruence of speech and action. — Mahavira Copy Share Image
In October 1920 I went to Leeds as Reader in English Language, with a free commission to develop the linguistic side of… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Every world has its distinct lingo, you gotta catch the right chord. Same language evokes different feelings, based on time and age… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“The very use of the term "mental illness" (rather than, say, "neurosis", "insanity", "nervous breakdown", or other euphemisms) can be seen as… — Carl Elliott Copy Share Image
The integers of language are sentences, and their organs are the parts of speech. Linguistic organization, then, consists in the differentiation of… — John Wesley Powell Copy Share Image
I wanted as little formal linguistic theory as I could get by with. I wanted the basic linguistic training to do a… — Daniel Everett Copy Share Image
Intended to serve as an introduction to both the linguistic and also the practical study of spoken English. — Henry Sweet Copy Share Image
The most staggering linguistic turnabout for me is the one that equates green economy with 'sustained economic growth.' — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
If only Queen Elizabeth II had the intellectual, political and linguistic skills of Queen Elizabeth I, many people would support giving her… — A. N. Wilson Copy Share Image
Vietnamese food has probably been saved from the mass market because most people never master the sauces and condiments that must be… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
Music is such a great communicator. It breaks down linguistic barriers, cultural barriers, it basically reaches out. That's when rock n' roll… — The Edge Copy Share Image
I can usually find my own way out of whatever dicey literary or linguistic situations I wander into, but I have to… — Kathryn Schulz Copy Share Image
