--- title: "4 Jean Aitchison Quotes - Famous Linguist (Articulate Mammal)" description: "Jean Margaret Aitchison is a Professor Emerita of Language and Communication in the Faculty of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxfo..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b043/author-jean-aitchison-65242.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Jean Aitchison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b043/author-jean-aitchison-65242.jpg) # Jean Aitchison (1938) Linguist United Kingdom **4** quotes in **19** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jean Aitchison is a linguist from the United Kingdom, best known for *Articulate Mammal*. ## Quick Facts About Jean Aitchison Born July 3, 1938 Nationality United Kingdom Profession Linguist Notable works Articulate Mammal ## About Jean Aitchison Jean Margaret Aitchison is a Professor Emerita of Language and Communication in the Faculty of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. Her main areas of interest include socio-historical linguistics; language and the mind; and language and the media. ## Quotes by Jean Aitchison > [“Language change is not a disease, any more than adolescence, or autumn are illnesses.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-aitchison/language-change-is-not-a-disease-any-more-than-adolescence-or-autumn/) [Jean Aitchison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-aitchison/) [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2e/jean-aitchison-65242_change_language-change-is-not-a-disease-any-mor_213346.png) > [Purists behave as if there was a vintage year when language achieved a measure of excellence which we should all strive to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-aitchison/purists-behave-as-if-there-was-a-vintage-year-when-language-achieved/) [Jean Aitchison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-aitchison/) [Behave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b95/jean-aitchison-65242_behave_purists-behave-as-if-there-was-a-vintage_308527.png) > [Word meanings are like stretchy pullovers, whose outline contour is visible, but whose detailed shape varies with use.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-aitchison/word-meanings-are-like-stretchy-pullovers-whose-outline-contour-is/) [Jean Aitchison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-aitchison/) [Language](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/language/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/jean-aitchison-65242_language_word-meanings-are-like-stretchy-pullover_712387.png) > [“It's hard to see what the problem is. Language speakers and writers have always been inventive, and texting is just one further…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-aitchison/it-s-hard-to-see-what-the-problem-is-language-speakers-and-writers/) [Jean Aitchison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-aitchison/) [Creativity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creativity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbb/jean-aitchison-65242_creativity_it-s-hard-to-see-what-the-problem-is-lan_2554163.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-aitchison/#itemlist", "name": "Jean Aitchison Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Language change is not a disease, any more than adolescence, or autumn are illnesses.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jean Aitchison" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-aitchison/language-change-is-not-a-disease-any-more-than-adolescence-or-autumn/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2e/jean-aitchison-65242_change_language-change-is-not-a-disease-any-mor_213346.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2e/jean-aitchison-65242_change_language-change-is-not-a-disease-any-mor_213346.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2e/jean-aitchison-65242_change_language-change-is-not-a-disease-any-mor_213346.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Language change is not a disease, any more than adolescence, or autumn are illnesses.” — Jean Aitchison", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Purists behave as if there was a vintage year when language achieved a measure of excellence which we should all strive to maintain. 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