Language is like songs, like food, like dance-it is the expression of what we think. Holly Near danceexpressionfood Change image and share on social
Language is me, in a way. Really, I feel it. Orhan Pamuk feellanguage Change image and share on social
Language is memory and metaphor. Storm Jameson languagememorymetaphor Change image and share on social
Language is much closer to film than painting is. Sergei Eisenstein closefilmlanguage Change image and share on social
Language is my bugbear. Everyone says things now like 'I was sat' instead of 'I was sitting', which just sounds so ugly. Penelope Keith bugbearlanguagesit Change image and share on social
Language is not merely a set of unrelated sounds, clauses, rules, and meanings; it is a total coherent system of these integrating with each other, and with behavior, context, universe of discourse, and observer perspective. Kenneth L. Pike behaviorclausecoherent share on social
Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking. Humphry Davy efficientgreatinstrument Change image and share on social
Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it. Benjamin Whorf definedeviceexperience Change image and share on social
Language is one component of the human cognitive capacity which happens to be fairly amenable to enquiry. So we know a good deal about that. Noam Chomsky amenablecapacitycognitive Change image and share on social
Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we supposed to choke our natural self into the weird, lying, barbarous, unreal, white speech and writing habits that the schools lay down like holy law. June Jordan barbarousbrotherchoke share on social
