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One Quotes by Edward Sapir
- The psychology of a language which, in one way or another, is imposed upon one because of factors beyond one's control, is very different from…
- A common allegiance to form of expression that is identified with no single national unit is likely to prove one of the most potent symbols…
- English, once accepted as an international language, is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only accepted language of…
- 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…
- In a sense, every form of expression is imposed upon one by social factors, one's own language above all.
- One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.
- The supposed inferiority of a constructed language to a national one on the score of richness of connotation is, of course, no criticism of the…
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