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It is quite an illusion to ima...

It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection.

Edward Sapir 81 quotes

It would, of course, be hopele...

It would, of course, be hopeless to attempt to crowd into an international language all those local overtones of meaning which are so dear to the heart of the nationalist.

Edward Sapir 81 quotes

The attitude of independence t...

The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant.

Edward Sapir 81 quotes

Impatience translates itself i...

Impatience translates itself into a desire to have something immediate done about it all, and, as is generally the case with impatience, resolves itself in the easiest way that lies ready to hand.

Edward Sapir 81 quotes

It is no secret that the fruit...

It is no secret that the fruits of language study are in no sort of relation to the labour spent on teaching and learning them.

Edward Sapir 81 quotes

Fashion is custom in the guise...

Fashion is custom in the guise of departure from custom

Edward Sapir 81 quotes

No important national language...

No important national language, at least in the Occidental world, has complete regularity of grammatical structure, nor is there a single logical category which is adequately and consistently handled in terms of linguistic symbolism.

Edward Sapir 81 quotes

Nonverbal communication is an ...

Nonverbal communication is an elaborate secret code that is written nowhere, known by none, and understood by all.

Edward Sapir 81 quotes

I am convinced that the strati...

I am convinced that the stratigraphic method will in the future enable archaeology to throw far more light on the history of American culture.

Edward Sapir 81 quotes

English, once accepted as an i...

English, once accepted as an international language.

Edward Sapir 81 quotes

Cultural anthropology is more ...

Cultural anthropology is more and more rapidly getting to realize itself as a strictly historical.

Edward Sapir 81 quotes

A logical analysis of reflexiv...

A logical analysis of reflexive usages in French shows, however, that this simplicity is an illusion and that.

Edward Sapir 81 quotes

A firm, for instance, that doe...

A firm, for instance, that does business in many countries of the world is driven to spend an enormous amount of time, labour.

Edward Sapir 81 quotes

A common creation demands a co...

A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language.

Edward Sapir 81 quotes

A common allegiance to form of...

A common allegiance to form of expression that is identified with no single national unit.

Edward Sapir 81 quotes

We see and hear and otherwise ...

We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation.

Edward Sapir 81 quotes

The spirit of logical analysis...

The spirit of logical analysis should in practice blend with the practical pressure for the adoption of some form of international language, but it should not allow itself to be stampeded by it.

Edward Sapir 81 quotes

The modern mind tends to be mo...

The modern mind tends to be more and more critical and analytical in spirit, hence it must devise for itself an engine of expression which is logically defensible at every point and which tends to correspond to the rigorous spirit of modern science.

Edward Sapir 81 quotes

One of the glories of English ...

One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.

Edward Sapir 81 quotes

No important national language...

No important national language, at least in the Occidental world, has complete regularity of grammatical structure, nor is there a single logical category which is adequately and consistently handled in terms of linguistic symbolism.

Edward Sapir 81 quotes

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