"Languages differ essentially in what they must convey and not in what they may convey."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
"On Linguistic Aspects of Translation", p. 236, in On Translation (1959), ed. Reuben A. Brower, Harvard University Press, pp. 232–239.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Roman_Jakobson
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Roman Jakobson
Roman Osipovich Jakobson (October 11, 1896 – July 18, 1982) was a Russian-born American linguist.
1 quote on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Roman Jakobson →
Related Quotes
"Aye, think! Since time and life began, Your mind has only feared and slept; Of all the beasts they called you man Onl…"
"I can live as the boys live, and if God wishes the work to succeed, He will surely provide the means."
"In looking after the interests of the child it is necessary to cultivate the heart. You must eradicate the vices of y…"
"Yeah, that story’s not finished. We have more things written already and figured out for it to finish, but somebody’s…"
"The kids’ business of animation is pretty much gone at this point, but adult animation has been steadily rising for t…"
"When my career dies, and I can’t sell a project or do anything else, that’s when [Dexter’s Laboratory] will return to…"
"I am firmly convinced that the conduct of the Irish in America has been strongly influential in winning for those at …"
"The very oppressions which the Irish suffer at home, teach them to prize the freedom of America more ardently than is…"
"Chinese-American political scientist Pei Minxin’s “The Broken China Dream: How Reform Revived Totalitarianism” (Princ…"
"As so often before, liberty has been wounded in the house of its friends. Liberty in the wild and freakish hands of f…"