Criticism Quote by Octavio Paz

Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings.

— Octavio Paz

“Because language and society are so closely linked, it is possible, in some cases, to encourage social change by directing attention towards linguistic reflections…

— Peter Trudgill

The undoubted sign of a society well under control or in decline is that language has ceased to be a means of communication and…

— John Ralston Saul

We must now turn from considering the necessary struggle with language arising, as it were, from its very nature and the nature of the…

— Chinua Achebe

“A society is an organic system that develops spontaneously, governed by myriad interactions and adjustments that no human mind can pretend to understand. Just…

— Steven Pinker

Society becomes how we behave.

— Gavin Newsom

Criticism occupies the lowest place in the literary hierarchy: as regards form, almost always; and as regards moral value, incontestably. It comes after rhyming…

— Gustave Flaubert

I tend to write society as I see and understand it.

— N. K. Jemisin

Language changes and moves in a different direction evolving all the time. Where a lot of people see deterioration, I see expressive development

— David Crystal

Society becomes how you behave.

— Eric Liu

“Every social order incorporates among its key taboos the notion that people living in it should not think about how it will end and…

— James Dale Davidson

It doesn't take a language long to disappear once the spirit to continue with it leaves its community. In fact, the speed of the…

— David Crystal