Monday, 8 November 2010

etymology is the historical materialism of language

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  1. language does not consist of words, but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these words stand

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  2. "As for the posited central kin-
    ship of languages, it is marked by a distinctive convergence. Lan-
    guages are not strangers to one another, but are, a priori and
    apart from all historical relationships, interrelated in what they want to express."W.B.

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