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