Edward Sapir
Edward Sapir
Edward Sapirwas an American anthropologist-linguist, who is widely considered to be one of the most important figures in the early development of the discipline of linguistics...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth26 January 1884
CountryUnited States of America
inquiry language interest
National languages are all huge systems of vested interests which sullenly resist critical inquiry.
latin language accepted
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 diplomacy or as Latin has proved to be as the international language of science.
practice adoption analysis
The spirit of logical analysis should in practice blend with the practical pressure for the adoption of some form of international language, but it should not allow itself to be stampeded by it.
reality two language
No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality.
normal psychological anthropology
Cultural anthropology is not valuable because it uncovers the archaic in the psychological sense. It is valuable because it is constantly rediscovering the normal.
vocabulary spirit common
So far as the advocates of a constructed international language are concerned, it is rather to be wondered at how much in common their proposals actually have, both in vocabulary and in general spirit of procedure.
communication mean reality
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.
different would-be analysis
It would be naïve to imagine that any analysis of experience is dependent on pattern expressed in language. Any concept, whether or not it forms part of the system of grammatical categories, can be conveyed in any language. If a notion is lacking in a given series, it implies a different configuration and not a lack of expressive power.
expression world language
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.
real world matter
The fact of the matter is that the 'real world' is to a large extent unconsciously built up on the language habits of the group.
expression language social
In a sense, every form of expression is imposed upon one by social factors, one's own language above all.
communication secret code
Nonverbal communication is an elaborate secret code that is written nowhere, known by none, and understood by all.
community choices language
We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation.
art creativity generations
Language is an anonymous, collective and unconscious art; the result of the creativity of thousands of generations.