Lib Quotes
  • Authors
  • Topics
  • Lists
  • Pictures
  • Resources
  • More about Robin Lakoff

Robin Lakoff Quotes

1 Sourced Quote

    • Source
    • Report...
To write or speak is to communicate. To communicate is to share meanings, make them 'common' to all participants in the discourse. (The etymological root of communication means 'common.')

Robin Lakoff

Quote of the day

Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans.
Barbara Jordan

Robin Lakoff

Robin Lakoff

Born: May 24, 1942 (age 82)
Bio: Robin Tolmach Lakoff is a professor of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. Her 1975 book Language and Woman's Place is often credited with establishing language and gender as an object of study in linguistics and other disciplines.
Known for:
  1. Language and Woman's Place (1972)
  2. The Language War (2000)
  3. Talking power (1964)

WikipediaRobin Lakoff on Wikipedia

Suggest an edit or a new quoteSuggest an edit or a new quote

American Author Quotes
Author Quotes
20th-century Author Quotes
20th-century Women
Women Authors

Related Authors

Deborah Tannen
Deborah Tannen
American Linguist

Dale Spender
Dale Spender
Australian Feminist

Mandy Aftel
Mandy Aftel


Family
George Lakoff
George Lakoff
Spouse

Featured Authors

Charles DarwinHelen KellerAlbert EinsteinGenghis KhanSøren KierkegaardHenry VIII of EnglandJean de La BruyèreKatharine HepburnVladimir LeninLudwig van BeethovenAndré GideStephen King

Lists

Predictions that didn't happen

Predictions that didn't happen

If it's on the Internet it must be true

If it's on the Internet it must be true

Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words)

Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words)

Picture Quotes

If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.

Confucius

I have a heart with room for every joy.

Philip James Bailey

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive.

Eleanor Roosevelt

A great change in life is like a cold bath in winter — we all hesitate at the first plunge.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Popular Topics

  • life
  • love
  • nature
  • time
  • god
  • power
  • human
  • mind
  • work
  • art
  • heart
  • thought
  • men
  • day
Lib Quotes

100% Sourced Quotes.

Our motto is: Don't quote it if you can't source it.

Contact us

Social Media

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • X (Twitter)
  • Pinterest

Recent

Predictions that didn't happen

If it's on the Internet it must be true

Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words)

Subscribe to our Newsletter:
Quote of the Day
JS and WordPress
Subscribe
to RSS Feeds
© 2017-2025 LibQuotes
Terms of Use / Privacy Policy / About Us

Lib Quotes