Languages Differ Essentially In What They Must

Remember That The Pharynx Is At A Crossroads From Which Leads Off, At The Top, The Passage To The Mouth Cavity And The Passage To The Nasal Cavity, And Below, The Passage To The Larynx.

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.

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.

The Search For The Symbolic Value Of Phonemes, Each Taken As A Whole, Runs The Risk Of Giving Rise To Ambiguous And Trivial Interpretations Because Phonemes Are Complex Entities, Bundles Of Different Distinctive Features.