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FUN LINGUISTICS©
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Quotes
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The
following quotes have in common that they are all related to linguistics in some
way - and that they are amusing and/or inspiring. |
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"Whale" is a small word for a large object; "microorganism" is the reverse.
Charles Hockett, The Origin of Speech (1960) |
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Science, by definition, is the search for order in nature.
Frederick J. Newmeyer, Grammatical Theory: Its
Limits and its Possibilities (1983) |
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Speech is much more than pronunciation –
but it is impossible without it!
Paul Tench, Pronunciation Skills (1981) |
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