Edward Sapir
Books by Edward Sapir
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Quotes by Edward Sapir
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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.
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Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society.
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More and more, unsolicited gifts from without are likely to be received with unconscious resentment.
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One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.
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National languages are all huge systems of vested interests which sullenly resist critical inquiry.
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