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Quotes Tagged “Linguistics”

“ The academic world was marching toward ever more specialized knowledge, expressed in ever more dense jargon. ”
― Michael Crichton, The Lost World

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“ Regional dialects have to become national tongues before they can attain lasting glory. As with America, as with Australia. Scottish is different because Scotland considers itself to be a nation. Its language deserves a chapter to itself. ”
― Anthony Burgess

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