Linguistic Quotes

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Most of the problems of the world stems from linguistic mistakes and simple misunderstandings. Donâ€™t ever take words at face value. When you step into… — Elif Safak
The interests of the deaf child and his parents may best be served by accepting that he is a deaf person, with an elaborate cultural… — Harlan Lane
As my friend Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe has argued persuasively, there is an element of positivity in the visible world, and in color particularly, that totally eludes… — Dave Hickey
The linguistic and literary reality of the biblical tradition is folkloristic in essence. The concept of a benei Israel ... is a reflection of no… — Thomas L. Thompson
...These politically correct language initiatives are misguided and harmful. They create highly entitled professional "victims" who expect to be free from any offense, and they… — Gad Saad
The most striking aspect of linguistic competence is what we may call the 'creativity of language,' that is, the speaker's ability to produce new sentences,… — Noam Chomsky
No important national language, at least in the Occidental world, has complete regularity of grammatical structure, nor is there a single logical category which is… — Edward Sapir
In other words, the propositions of philosophy are not factual, but linguistic in character - that is, they do not describe the behaviour of physical,… — A.J. Ayer
Linguistic sounds, considered as external, physical phenomena have two aspects, the motor and the acoustic. — Roman Jakobson
Linguistic danger to spiritual freedom.- Every word is a prejudice. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Would you trust the linguistic intuitions of someone who has been studying Latin or Greek for three days? — Larry Wall
I can't help but admire the structural linguists who have carved out forthemselves a linguistic discipline based on the deterioration of writtencommunication. Another case of… — Daniel Keyes
The violent illiteracies of the graffiti, the clenched silence of the adolescent, the nonsense cries from the stage-happening, are resolutely strategic. The insurgent and the… — George Steiner
Whoever after due and proper warning shall be heard to utter the abominable word "Frisco", which has no linguistic or other warrant, shall be deemed… — Emperor Norton
In general, the philological movement opened up countless sources relevant to linguistic issues, treating them in quite a different spirit from traditional grammar; for instance,… — Ferdinand de Saussure
I believe it is imperative to see modern English grammar as a rich and diverse linguistic system deposited on our [England's] shores 1,500 years ago,… — Robert Burchfield
I am sure that the two main forms of English, American English and British English, separated geographically from the beginning and severed politically since 1776,… — Robert Burchfield
This (functional - E.W.) language controls by reducing the linguistic forms and symbols of reflection, abstraction, development, contradiction; by substituting images for concepts. It denies… — Herbert Marcuse
Although many texters enjoy breaking linguistic rules, they also know they need to be understood. — David Crystal
Every linguistic sign is located on two axes: the axis of simultaneity and that of succession. — Roman Jakobson

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