No important national language, at least in the Occidental world, has complete regularity of grammatical structure, nor is there a single logical category which is adequately and consistently handled in terms of linguistic symbolism. Edward Sapir American Scientist More Edward Sapir Quotes 0
I like all things grammatical, and I had already written several books about parts of speech, and even the alphabet, so everything that makes up a sentence and even a word was covered except for punctuation. Brian P. Cleary American Author More Brian P. Cleary Quotes 0
Groups are grammatical fictions; only individuals exist, and each individual is different. Robert Anton Wilson American Writer More Robert Anton Wilson Quotes 0
Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression. Amos Bronson Alcott American Philosopher More Amos Bronson Alcott Quotes 0
PURE FORMALISM as such, without attention to referential social axioms, is powerless to capture the relevance of many discourse grammatical functions. Kenneth L. Pike American Linguist More Kenneth L. Pike Quotes 0
The three-year-old, then, is a grammatical genius - master of most constructions, obeying rules far more often than flouting them, respecting language universals, erring in sensible, adultlike ways, and avoiding many kinds of errors altogether. Steven Pinker More Steven Pinker Quotes 0