"...Soth viewed language as a dual-aspect existence. On one hand, it is a set of unchangeable rules for using symbols, fixed by society and culture; on the other hand, it is a structure that can be used creatively to represent meaning..."
"His interpretation of linguistics, led to its development in two different directions. On a concrete level, linguistics rushed down the path of psychology and anthropology. Meanwhile, axiomatic, formalist mathematical concepts were naturally introduced into this field..."
