The First Of These Phases Is That

Without Language, Thought Is A Vague, Uncharted Nebula.

Everyone, Left To His Own Devices, Forms An Idea About What Goes On In Language Which Is Very Far From The Truth.

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.

A Language Presupposes That All The Individual Users Possess The Organs.

The Business, Task Or Object Of The Scientific Study Of Languages Will If Possible Be 1) To Trace The History Of All Known Languages. Naturally This Is Possible Only To A Very Limited Extent And For Very Few Languages.