Certainty Quote by Jay Jordan

The vitality of language lies in its ability to limn the actual, imagined and possible lives of its speakers, readers, writers.

— Toni Morrison

Language is the principal tool with which we communicate; but when words are used carelessly or mistakenly, what was intended to advance mutual understanding…

— Irving Copi

“we are unaware of any convincing evidence that languages are acquired through “practice.” On the other hand, studies have shown that students can reach…

— James Crawford

“It is a remarkable phenomenon that children can learn to speak without ever being consciously aware of the sophisticated grammar they are using.”

— Timothy Gowers

The choosing among words is made by every user of the language, and not exclusively by professional speakers and writers.

— Wilson Follett

Whether one has natural talent or not, any learning period requires the willingness to suffer uncertainty and embarrassment.

— Gail Sheehy

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…

— Noam Chomsky

“The success of language in conveying information is highly overrated. ”

— Robert Bolton

Language is one component of the human cognitive capacity which happens to be fairly amenable to enquiry. So we know a good deal about…

— Noam Chomsky

I often focus more on language than on the conveying of information.

— Pat Mora

Literacy, written language is a very late acquisition in terms of human evolution.

— Jean Berko Gleason

I have learned to interface - what I think would be the contemporary term - with various different lexicons, and people speak very different…

— Bono