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> [Speakers who have grown up in the American community unconsciously know its rules about taking turns in conversations-in the same way that they know the rules of grammar and the rules about appropriate speech in various situations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-farb/speakers-who-have-grown-up-in-the-american-community-unconsciously/)

[Peter Farb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-farb/)

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## More by Peter Farb

> [Despite the theories traditionally taught in high-school social studies, the truth is: the more primitive the society, the more leisured its way of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-farb/despite-the-theories-traditionally-taught-in-high-school-social/)

[Peter Farb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-farb/)

> [Men in all societies possess the biological equipment to remove their hats or shoes, but it is the birth within a particular culture that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-farb/men-in-all-societies-possess-the-biological-equipment-to-remove-their/)

[Peter Farb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-farb/)

> [A complex society is not necessarily more advanced than a simple one; it has just adapted to conditions in a more complicated way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-farb/a-complex-society-is-not-necessarily-more-advanced-than-a-simple-one/)

[Peter Farb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-farb/)

> [Speakers who have grown up in the American community unconsciously know its rules about taking turns in conversations-in the same way that they know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-farb/speakers-who-have-grown-up-in-the-american-community-unconsciously/)

[Peter Farb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-farb/)

> [An invention or new combination can be successful only if all if the elements necessary for the recombination are present in the culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-farb/an-invention-or-new-combination-can-be-successful-only-if-all-if-the/)

[Peter Farb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-farb/)

> [Gestures and facial expressions do indeed communicate, as anyone can prove by turning off the sound on a television set and asking watchers to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-farb/gestures-and-facial-expressions-do-indeed-communicate-as-anyone-can/)

[Peter Farb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-farb/)

> [Letters to the editors of English and American newspapers often contain expressions of horror about the new terms that creep into the language, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-farb/letters-to-the-editors-of-english-and-american-newspapers-often/)

[Peter Farb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-farb/)

> [No child is capable of speech until he has heard other human beings speak, and even two infants reared together cannot develop a language…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-farb/no-child-is-capable-of-speech-until-he-has-heard-other-human-beings/)

[Peter Farb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-farb/)

> [Marriage is simply an economic necessity, and so there are no elaborate courtship displays or marriage celebrations among the Eskimo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-farb/marriage-is-simply-an-economic-necessity-and-so-there-are-no/)

[Peter Farb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-farb/)

> [Language does not stand still. Surprisingly, despite this knowledge, most speakers are fearful of change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-farb/language-does-not-stand-still-surprisingly-despite-this-knowledge/)

[Peter Farb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-farb/)

> [Native speakers of a language know intuitively whether a sentence is grammatical or not. They usually cannot specify exactly what is wrong, and very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-farb/native-speakers-of-a-language-know-intuitively-whether-a-sentence-is/)

[Peter Farb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-farb/)

> [The dictionary is a closed system in which someone interested in the meaning of a word can go around and around and end up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-farb/the-dictionary-is-a-closed-system-in-which-someone-interested-in-the/)

[Peter Farb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-farb/)

> [At every moment of his life the Shoshone must be careful to observe the complicated folkways of his group, to do reverence to superhuman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-farb/at-every-moment-of-his-life-the-shoshone-must-be-careful-to-observe/)

[Peter Farb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-farb/)

> [Food to a large extent is what holds a society together, and eating is closely linked to deep spiritual experiences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-farb/food-to-a-large-extent-is-what-holds-a-society-together-and-eating-is/)

[Peter Farb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-farb/)

> [An inability to communicate has little to do with international friction-as is seen in the special ferocity of wars fought between people who speak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-farb/an-inability-to-communicate-has-little-to-do-with-international/)

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