Full Idea
Classification pervades any descriptive use of language whatever.
Gist of Idea
All descriptive language is classificatory
Source
John Dupré (The Disorder of Things [1993], 1)
Book Reference
Dupré,John: 'The Disorder of Things' [Harvard 1995], p.18
A Reaction
This is because, as Aristotle well knew, language consists almost entirely of universals (apart from the proper names). Language just is classification.