Natural Languages

Famous quotes containing the words natural and/or languages:

    The dead being the majority it is a natural thing that we should have more friends among these than among the living.
    Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

    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)