Linguistic Sounds, Considered As External, Physical Phenomena

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

Now The Identification Of Individual Sounds By Phonetic Observation Is An Artificial Way Of Proceeding.

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.

Every Linguistic Sign Is Located On Two Axes: The Axis Of Simultaneity And That Of Succession.

A Linguist Deaf To The Poetic Functions Of Language And A Literary Scholar Indifferent To Linguistics Are Equally Flagrant Anachronisms.