2,489 Quotes About Language

Poetry is speech, cast in written language, that demands a response; it’s part of a conversation.

A generation accustomed to relate much of its thought to spoken English may question whether even our words need remodelling as well as our spelling, if they are to be adequate for new purposes and ideas.

how well you understood that it would be easier to me to write to you than to speak!

Just about every sentence we say or hear is a recombination of existing words appearing in that exact configuration for the very first time.

I spoke to you in a language that only you may understand, but I was so naïve to never realize that you cannot teach a person what he has never had an aim to learn...

But isn't this a dance? Isn't all of this a dance? Isn't that what we do with words? Isn't that what we do when we talk, when we spar, when we make plans or leave them to chance? Some of it's choreographed. Some of the steps have been done for ages. And the rest--the rest is spontaneous. The rest has to be decided on the floor, in the moment, before the music ends.

So many people understand language, but few people understand the real meaning of language. They that understand the meaning of language understand language and life better!

Tisina je moj maternji jezik.

We can ruin our enjoyment of a song by finding a translation of the lyrics into a language we understand.