Language is a tool adequate to provide any degree of precision relevant to a particular situation.
Kenneth L. Pike
Revelation and the nature of truth must be viewed in reference to the structure of language.
We assume, to begin with, that the individual is at least as complex in his internal structure as the language is which he speaks - otherwise, how... →
A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable.
Zebulon Pike
I'm absolutely convinced of that. Israel is the representative of the United States in that part of the world. Its policies are so integrated... →
John Pilger
I think the most dangerous word in the English language is 'should.' 'I should have done this.' Or 'I should do that.'... →
Chris Pine
An enormous amount of scientific language is metaphorical. We talk about a genetic code, where code originally meant a cipher; we talk about the... →
Steven Pinker
I spent 20 years doing research on regular and irregular verbs, not because I'm an obsessive language lover but because it seemed to me that they... →
Language is a window into human nature, but it is also a fistula, an open wound through which we're exposed to an infectious world.
People are under the impression that dictionaries legislate language. What a dictionary does is keep track of usages over time.