Languages Follow

Famous quotes containing the words languages and/or follow:

    The very natural tendency to use terms derived from traditional grammar like verb, noun, adjective, passive voice, in describing languages outside of Indo-European is fraught with grave possibilities of misunderstanding.
    Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1934)

    The hero sees that the event is ancillary: it must follow him.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)