Kenneth L. Pike
Sociologist
1912-06-09
Quotes by Kenneth L. Pike
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The marvelous thing is that even in studying linguistics, we find that the universe as a whole is patterned, ordered, and to some degree intelligible to us.
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Fruitful discourse in science or theology requires us to believe that within the contexts of normal discourse there are some true statements.
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Language is not merely a set of unrelated sounds, clauses, rules, and meanings; it is a total coherent system of these integrating with each other, and with behavior, context, universe of discourse, and observer perspective.
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Outward failure may be a manifested variant of inward success.
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That a society controls, to a greater or lesser extent, the behavior of its members is a universal; but the methods, the particulars of that control, vary from one culture to another.
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Verbal and nonverbal activity is a unified whole, and theory and methodology should be organized or created to treat it as such.
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Revelation and the nature of truth must be viewed in reference to the structure of language.
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The detached observer's view is one window on the world.
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Only when we have enough mental stress to force us to see our own bankruptcy of power, do we trust in God, and only when we trust in God can we make a contribution which will not collapse.
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