No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantiv — George Steiner, Real Presences
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No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantive relation or contiguity to that which it is conventionally and temporally held to designate.

— George Steiner, Real Presences
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