Evolution teaches us the original purpose of language was to ritualize men's threats and curses, his spells to compel the gods; communication… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
The purpose of language is to communicate. That's the most basic definition of language. I have my own subjective experience going on… — Michael J. Knowles Copy Share Image
“In the wildlife sanctuaries of literature, we study the species of speech, the flight patterns of individual words, the herd behavior of… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
There is no reason to believe ... that the "essential purpose" of language is "communication". ... Language can be used to transmit… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It is as though the ancestors who made language and knew from what bestiality its use rescued them are saying to us:… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
I would guess that the decision to create a small special purpose language or use an existing general purpose language is one… — Guido van Rossum Copy Share Image
