Written Forms Obscure Our View Of Language.

Any Psychology Of Sign Systems Will Be Part Of Social Psychology - That Is To Say, Will Be Exclusively Social; It Will Involve The Same Psychology As Is Applicable In The Case Of Languages.

Linguistics Will Have To Recognise Laws Operating Universally In Language, And In A Strictly Rational Manner, Separating General Phenomena From Those Restricted To One Branch Of Languages Or Another.

Language Furnishes The Best Proof That A Law Accepted By A Community Is A Thing That Is Tolerated And Not A Rule To Which All Freely Consent.

In The Lives Of Individuals And Societies, Language Is A Factor Of Greater Importance Than Any Other. For The Study Of Language To Remain Solely The Business Of A Handful Of Specialists Would Be A Quite Unacceptable State Of Affairs.

The Critical Principle Demanded An Examination, For Instance, Of The Contribution Of Different Periods, Thus To Some Extent Embarking On Historical Linguistics.