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Linguistic Quotes by Robert Burchfield
- 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,…
- 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,…
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- If we ask a vague question, such as, 'What is poetry?' we expect a vague answer, such as, 'Poetry is the music… — A. R. Ammons
- One writes such a story [The Lord of the Rings] not out of the leaves of trees still to be observed, nor… — J.R.R. Tolkien
- The proverbial German phenomenon of the verb-at-the-end about which droll tales of absentminded professors who would begin a sentence, ramble on for… — Douglas Hofstadter
- The linguistic clumsiness of tourists and students might be the price we pay for the linguistic genius we displayed as babies, just… — Steven Pinker
- Every individual is at once the beneficiary and the victim of the linguistic tradition into which he has been born... — Aldous Huxley
- History has blessed us with all the freedom and advantages of multiculturalism. But it has also blessed us, because of the accident… — Charles Krauthammer
- Where mathematics and spirit join, where proof of the existence of mystery-salvific mystery-shimmers just below the surfaces of human perception, experience and… — Jorie Graham
- Why does everyone cling to the masculine imagery and pronouns even though they are a mere linguistic device that has never meant… — Carol P. Christ