Written Forms Obscure Our View Of Language.

Without Language, Thought Is A Vague, Uncharted Nebula.

The Very Special Place That A Language Occupies Among Institutions Is Undeniable, But There Is Much More To Be Said-, A Comparison Would Tend Rather To Bring Out The Differences.

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

Within Speech, Words Are Subject To A Kind Of Relation That Is Independent Of The First And Based On Their Linkage: These Are Syntagmatic Relations, Of Which I Have Spoken.

In Fact, From Then On Scholars Engaged In A Kind Of Game Of Comparing Different Indo-european Languages With One Another, And Eventually They Could Not Fail To Wonder What Exactly These Connections Showed, And How They Should Be Interpreted In Concrete Terms.