Crystal — How Language Works
Book page: crystal-how-language-works
From: Quotes batch 3
Edition: Penguin Books (2005)
On Language and Thought
“Language is the most powerful tool we have for organizing our experience of the world. It provides the categories into which we slot our perceptions.” (Part I, p. 5)
On Social Identity
“We use language to signal our membership in a group. To speak a dialect is to wear a uniform.” (Part VI, p. 320)