Change Quote by Angel Sáenz-Badillos

“The various systems of accentuation and vocalization introduced into the text of the Bible by the Masoretes had started to develop by about the…

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

“The form of observation , which underlines all speech and language development, always expresses a peculiar spiritual character , a special way of conceiving…

— Ernst Cassirer

Language is not a handmaiden to perception; it is perception; it gives shape to what would otherwise be inert and dead.

— Stanley Fish

“Because language and society are so closely linked, it is possible, in some cases, to encourage social change by directing attention towards linguistic reflections…

— Peter Trudgill

Language is a systematic verbal symbolism.

— RMKATTA

“There have been various attempts to reconstruct the vocalization and pronunciation of classical biblical Hebrew, which certainly differs considerably from that established by the…

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

The thinking is that we started evolving language not by speaking but by gesturing.

— Frans de Waal

“Linguists have long debated the links between language, culture, and cognition. The theory of linguistic relativity posits that language itself—the specific tongue that we…

— Emily Anthes

One of the important things about familiar form and metricality is that it draws attention to the physical nature of language: the spell-binding nature…

— Tony Harrison

Language casts sheaves of reality upon the social body, stamping it and violently shaping it.

— Monique Wittig