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When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy read more
When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the past.
Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the
signs of ideas.
Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the
signs of ideas.
Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.
Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.
Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.
Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page
of a book.
[Fr., Une louange en read more
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page
of a book.
[Fr., Une louange en grec est d'une merveilleuse efficace a la
tete d'un livre.]
It's no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase "As pretty as an airport" appear
It's no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase "As pretty as an airport" appear
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.
Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.
