Class Quote by Noam Chomsky

I think a very important aspect of language has to do with the establishment of social relations and interactions. Often, this is described as…

— Noam Chomsky

I think the use of language is a very important means by which this species, because of its biological nature, creates a kind of…

— Noam Chomsky

There is undoubtedly much to learn about the social uses of language, for communication or for other purposes. But at present there is not…

— Noam Chomsky

While language can surely be used for communication (as can much else), communication probably has no special role in its design or evolution.

— Noam Chomsky

All communication is more or less cross-cultural. We learn to use language as we grow up, and growing up in different parts of the…

— Deborah Tannen

To write or speak is to communicate. To communicate is to share meanings, make them ‘common’ to all participants in the discourse. (The etymological…

— Robin Lakoff

Humans are a social species more than any other, and in order to build a community, which for some reason humans have to do…

— Daniel Everett

Communication is the ability to ensure that people understand not only what you say but also what you mean. It is also the ability…

— Myles Munroe

When it comes to personal communication, words are all we've got. It is the simple use of language that makes us human beings.

— Gyles Brandreth

Communication accompanies social transactions and can instruct or stultify, mobilize or intimidate, but it is no substitute for production, collaboration and fight.

— Mario Bunge

I think language is a system that we have devised to negotiate a series of more amorphous entities. It's a layer you can use…

— Blake Butler

Communication is a process of sharing experience till it becomes a common possession. It modifies the disposition of both the parties who partake in…

— John Dewey