Munich (München), Germany

Language and Literary Studies

Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften

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Language and Literary Studies at Ludwig Maximilians University Munich

Language: German Studies in German
University website: www.lmu.de
degree: Dr. phil.

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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
Language is fossil poetry.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays, The Poet.
Language
No jobs, no people. No people, no Gaeltacht. No Gaeltacht, no language.
Attributed to Tom O'Donnell [4]
Language
The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.
Ludwig Wittgenstein Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (5.6)
More than 60 % of the total heat loss of buildings takes place through windows. Technology to significantly improve window insulation properties while reducing price and the carbon footprint associated with production and use will have major impact.
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