Daughter Languages

Famous quotes containing the words daughter and/or languages:

    Isn’t it great to have a lovely, tall, pretty, little, small daughter like that? It’s really wonderful.
    Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

    The very natural tendency to use terms derived from traditional grammar like verb, noun, adjective, passive voice, in describing languages outside of Indo-European is fraught with grave possibilities of misunderstanding.
    Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1934)