What is the real function, the essential function, the supreme function, of language Isn't it merely to convey ideas and emotions Certainly. Then if we can do it with words of fonetic brevity and compactness, why keep the present cumbersome forms. (Mark Twain)

What is the real function, the essential function, the supreme function, of language Isn't it merely to convey ideas and emotions Certainly. Then if we can do it with words of fonetic brevity and compactness, why keep the present cumbersome forms.

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