The structural properties of the language are many and complex, but at least they are finite and fairly easy to identify: there are only so many soun… - David Crystal
" "The structural properties of the language are many and complex, but at least they are finite and fairly easy to identify: there are only so many sounds, letters, and grammatical constructions, and although there is a huge vocabulary, at least the units are determinate and manageable.
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OBE FBA FLSW (born 6 July 1941) is a British linguist, academic, and author.
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