Randolph Quirk
British scholar of English
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
English is just as much big business as the export of manufactured goods. There are problems with what you might call "after-sales service"; and "delivery" can be awkward; but at any rate the production lines are trouble free.
—Randolph Quirk, British scholar of English, The Observer, October 26, 1980
Posted on October 11, 2000 at 8:09 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
The uniqueness of each person's language is as unalienable as DNA and far more easily recognized and publicly asserted.
—Randolph Quirk, British scholar of English, Language and Concepts of Identity, 1998
Posted on June 2, 1999 at 8:50 PM
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