Speech Sounds Quotes
6 quotes by 5 authors
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Speech sounds can be analyzed into fundamental units called phonemes; these move around like protozoa in a drop of water, and, like protozoa, join together…
— L. Sprague de Camp
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Speech sounds cannot be understood, delimited, classified and explained except in the light of the tasks which they perform in language.
— Roman Jakobson
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The human species took a crucial step forward when its vocal musculature came under operant control in the production of speech sounds. Indeed, it is…
— B.F. Skinner
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To me no profitable speech sounds ill.
— Sophocles
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When you're standing in front of an audience like this that is so enthusiastic and so much behind you, it is very hard to give…
— Susan Estrich
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The task is to investigate speech sounds in relation to the meanings with which they are invested, i.e., sounds viewed as signifiers, and above all…
— Roman Jakobson
Who Wrote These Speech Sounds Quotes
5 authors contributed a total of 6 Speech Sounds Quotes as follows: