On Thursday, June 27, 2013 5:40:39 PM UTC+5:30, Vlastimil Brom wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I belive, the author is Roman Jakobson, see the respective post about
> this very question:
> http://linguistlist.org/issues/9/9-32.html
Thanks!
>
> There seem to be several variations,
> Another remarkable linguist
2013/6/27 rusi :
> I am looking for a quote
> (from Whorf/Sapir/Wittgenstein/Humboldt dunno... that 'school')
>
> It goes something like this:
>
> What characterizes a language is not what we can say in it but what we must
> -- like it or not -- say.
> [...]
Hi,
I belive, the author is Roman Jako
On Thursday, June 27, 2013 4:49:23 PM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 9:14 PM, rusi wrote:
>
> > I am looking for a quote
> > (from Whorf/Sapir/Wittgenstein/Humboldt dunno... that 'school')
> >
> > It goes something like this:
> >
> > What characterizes a language is not
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 9:14 PM, rusi wrote:
> I am looking for a quote
> (from Whorf/Sapir/Wittgenstein/Humboldt dunno... that 'school')
>
> It goes something like this:
>
> What characterizes a language is not what we can say in it but what we must
> -- like it or not -- say.
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