Dresden, Germany

Language and Literary Studies

Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften

Language: German Studies in German
University website: tu-dresden.de
degree: Dr. phil.
Language
Language is a system that consists of the development, acquisition, maintenance and use of complex systems of communication, particularly the human ability to do so; and a language is any specific example of such a system.
Language
Evolution teaches us the original purpose of language was to ritualize men's threats and curses, his spells to compel the gods; communication came later.
Gene Wolfe, "The Death of Doctor Island", Universe 3 (1973), ed. Terry Carr; reprinted in The Best of Gene Wolfe (2009).
Language
There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very gesture.
William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale (c. 1610-11), Act V, scene 2, line 12.
Language
Oft on the dappled turf at ease
I sit, and play with similes,
Loose type of things through all degrees.
William Wordsworth, To the Daisy.
Although aluminium is a highly versatile and sustainable material, some of its by-products from recycling can be hazardous to the environment. An EU-funded project is developing in situ recycling technology of its waste by-products that is economical and safe for the environment.
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