Remember that the pharynx is at a crossroads from which leads off, at the top, the passage to the mouth cavity and the passage to the nasal cavity, and below, the passage to the larynx.

In poetic language, in which the sign as such takes on an autonomous value, this sound symbolism becomes an actual factor and creates a sort of accompaniment to the signified.

Every linguistic sign is located on two axes: the axis of simultaneity and that of succession.

What's next? Shall we appoint elephants to teach zoology?

Semantics, or the study of meaning, remained undeveloped, while phonetics made rapid progress and even came to occupy the central place in the scientific study of language.

When I speak it is in order to be heard.

The function of poetry is to point out that the sign is not identical to the referent.