I’m Almost Never Serious, And I’m Always

Without Language, Thought Is A Vague, Uncharted Nebula.

It Is Only Since Linguistics Has Become More Aware Of Its Object Of Study, I.e. Perceives The Whole Extent Of It, That It Is Evident That This Science Can Make A Contribution To A Range Of Studies That Will Be Of Interest To Almost Anyone.

The Ultimate Law Of Language Is, Dare We Say, That Nothing Can Ever Reside In A Single Term. This Is A Direct Consequence Of The Fact That Linguistic Signs Are Unrelated To What They Designate And That, Therefore, 'a' Cannot Designate Anything Without The The Aid Of 'b' And Vice Versa, Or, In Other Words, That Both Have Value Only By The Difference Between Them.

The First Of These Phases Is That Of Grammar, Invented By The Greeks And Carried On Unchanged By The French. It Never Had Any Philosophical View Of A Language As Such.

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.