Languages Differ Essentially In What They Must

Semantics, Or The Study Of Meaning, Remained Undeveloped, While Phonetics Made Rapid Progress And Even Came To Occupy The Central Place In The Scientific Study Of Language.

When I Speak It Is In Order To Be Heard.

Languages Differ Essentially In What They Must Convey And Not In What They May Convey.

Linguistic Sounds, Considered As External, Physical Phenomena Have Two Aspects, The Motor And The Acoustic.

In Poetic Language, In Which The Sign As Such Takes On An Autonomous Value, This Sound Symbolism Becomes An Actual Factor And Creates A Sort Of Accompaniment To The Signified.