“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.Quote by Edward SapirTopics: Quotes about Edward SapirShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
It would, of course, be hopeless to attempt to crowd into an international language all...#Edward Sapir
National languages are all huge systems of vested interests which sullenly resist critical inquiry.#Edward Sapir
The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is...#Edward Sapir
No important national language, at least in the Occidental world, has complete regularity of grammatical...#Edward Sapir
No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social...#Edward Sapir
So far as the advocates of a constructed international language are concerned, it is rather...#Edward Sapir
More and more, unsolicited gifts from without are likely to be received with unconscious resentment.#Edward Sapir
