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The business, task or object of the scientific study of languages will if possible be 1) to trace the history of all known languages. naturally this is possible only to a very limited extent and for very few languages.
-Ferdinand De Saussure
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Ferdinand De Saussure
The business, task or object of the scientific study of languages will if possible be 1) to trace the history of all known languages. naturally this is possible only to a very limited extent and for very few languages.
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