Function Words

Famous quotes containing the words function and/or words:

    We are thus able to distinguish thinking as the function which is to a large extent linguistic.
    Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1934)

    Canst thou copy in verse one chime
    Of the wood-bell’s peal and cry,
    Write in a book the morning’s prime,
    Or match with words the tender sky?
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)