I felt Joyce was an influence on my fiction, but in a very general way, as a kind of inspiration and a model for the beauty of language.
Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.
On the other hand, in a society whose communication component is becoming more prominent day by day, both as a reality and as an issue, it is clear that language assumes a new importance.
I like to read, especially nonfiction. I love learning, so I study languages, cook, learn basic HTML, and enjoy other activities that stimulate communication and the dark recesses of my musician's brain.
Semiotics is a general theory of all existing languages... all forms of communication - visual, tactile, and so on... There is general semiotics, which is a philosophical approach to this field, and then there are many specific semiotics.
An important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children be used in the first steps of learning to read and write.
Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language.
It made me think about a whole area of human activity that was not really a concern to me before that, because I was involved in reading Chinese history, or languages, or whatever.
In the language of politics, there is only one translation for the phrase 'hope and change,' to wit: 'big, fat government.'
The Internet is not just one thing, it's a collection of things - of numerous communications networks that all speak the same digital language.
That is where the irony of the film comes off, in terms of the language it employs - where he tries desperately to be a 'TV Dad,' to give advice and it's so pat it becomes ridiculous.
People in Finland have also adopted me because of my dad, and that's great, but it's the one language I can't speak.
Communism possesses a language which every people can understand - its elements are hunger, envy, and death.
Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd be surprised what an inducement that is to the education of children.
I think integration in Norway is, by all standards, going relatively well. People are working, taking education, learning the language.
Language is one component of the human cognitive capacity which happens to be fairly amenable to enquiry. So we know a good deal about that.
'Let God be true but every man a liar' is the language of true faith.
As thy days, so shall thy strength be which, in modern language, may be translated as thy thoughts so shall thy life be.
For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life - the lesson of your utter insignificance.
There are times in life when language fails us, when everything that needs to be said can be expressed only by saying nothing at all.
I travel like a maniac. I travel more than anyone I know. I love learning the languages.
