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
matter facts language
As a matter of fact, a national language which spreads beyond its own confines very quickly loses much of its original richness of content and is in no better case than a constructed language.
simple creative language
A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative.
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.
reality two language
No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality.
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.
expression language social
In a sense, every form of expression is imposed upon one by social factors, one's own language above 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 generations language
Language is the most massive and inclusive art we know, a mountainous and anonymous work of unconscious generations.
cultures discovery four hundred native naturally since
During the more than four hundred years that have elapsed since the discovery of America, the native cultures have naturally not been static.
national richness score supposed
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 idea of a constructed language.
complex dispose english formal german structure true
It is true that English is not as complex in its formal structure as is German or Latin, but this does not dispose of the matter.
english german known logical systems tense
It is well known that the tense systems of French, English and German teem with logical inconsistencies as they are actually used.
attitude men independence
The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant.