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{{C|egg}} | {{a|language|}}{{quote|The most fascinating property of language is its capacity to make metaphors. But what an understatement! For metaphor is not a mere extra trick of language, as it is so often slighted in the old schoolbooks on composition; it is the very constitutive ground of language. | ||
:—{{Author|Julian Jaynes}}, {{br|The Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind}}}}{{C|egg}} | |||
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The most fascinating property of language is its capacity to make metaphors. But what an understatement! For metaphor is not a mere extra trick of language, as it is so often slighted in the old schoolbooks on composition; it is the very constitutive ground of language.