"It is part of the task of linguistics to describe texts, and all texts, including those prose or verse, which fall wi…"

"We should not, perhaps, take it for granted that a description in terms of a formalised model, which has certain prop…"

"Saussure took the sign as the organizing concept for linguistic structure, using it to express the conventional natur…"

"A child learning his [her] mother tongue is learning how to name; he [she] is building up a meaning potential in resp…"

"Traditionally, grammar has always been a grammar of written language: and it has always been a product grammar" ['Pro…"

"The text is a product in the sense that it is an output, something that can be recorded and studied, having a certain…"

"The human sciences have to assume at least an equal responsibility in establishing the foundations of knowledge."

"I see it as part of the development of the field. I would always emphasize how much I share with other linguists: I'v…"

"A physical system is just that: a physical system. What is systematized is matter itself, and the processes in which …"

"Any text in spoken English is organized into what may be called 'information units'. (...) this is not determined (..…"