Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator.
George Santayana
I'm an infant with Shakespeare; I'm kind of learning how to walk. I am trying to decipher the code, you know? I do my research. And I get a... →
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
English, once accepted as an international language, is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only accepted language of... →
Edward Sapir
A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language is the fact... →
As a matter of fact, a national language which spreads beyond its own confines very quickly loses much of its original richness of content and is in... →
The spirit of logical analysis should in practice blend with the practical pressure for the adoption of some form of international language, but it... →
In a sense, every form of expression is imposed upon one by social factors, one's own language above all.
No important national language, at least in the Occidental world, has complete regularity of grammatical structure, nor is there a single logical... →
We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of... →
It is no secret that the fruits of language study are in no sort of relation to the labour spent on teaching and learning them.