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
symbolism important world
No important national language, at least in the Occidental world, has complete regularity of grammatical structure, nor is there a single logical category which is adequately and consistently handled in terms of linguistic symbolism.
expression world common
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 of the freedom of the human spirit that the world has yet known.
country countries-of-the-world doe
A firm, for instance, that does business in many countries of the world is driven to spend an enormous amount of time, labour, and money in providing for translation services.
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.
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.
acceptance mind spirit
What fetters the mind and benumbs the spirit is ever the dogged acceptance of absolutes.
lying hands desire
Impatience translates itself into a desire to have something immediate done about it all, and, as is generally the case with impatience, resolves itself in the easiest way that lies ready to hand.
fashion departure customs
Fashion is custom in the guise of departure from custom
resentment unconscious
More and more, unsolicited gifts from without are likely to be received with unconscious resentment.