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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. (Edward Sapir Quotes)
The psychology of a language which, in one way or another, is imposed upon one because of factors beyond one’s control, is very different from the psychology of a language which one accepts of one’s free will. (Edward Sapir Quotes)
Language is the most massive and inclusive art we know, a mountainous and anonymous work of unconscious generations (Edward Sapir Quotes)
National languages are all huge systems of vested interests which sullenly resist critical inquiry (Edward Sapir Quotes)
More and more, unsolicited gifts from without are likely to be received with unconscious resentment (Edward Sapir Quotes)
What fetters the mind and benumbs the spirit is ever the dogged acceptance of absolutes (Edward Sapir Quotes)
Fashion is custom in the guise of departure from custom (Edward Sapir Quotes)
We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation (Edward Sapir Quotes)
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 (Edward Sapir Quotes)
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 (Edward Sapir Quotes)
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 (Edward Sapir Quotes)
Cultural anthropology is not valuable because it uncovers the archaic in the psychological sense. It is valuable because it is constantly rediscovering the normal (Edward Sapir Quotes)
Were a language ever completely grammatical it would be a perfect engine of conceptual expression. Unfortunately, or luckily, no language is tyrannically consistent. All grammars leak (Edward Sapir Quotes)
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 (Edward Sapir Quotes)
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 (Edward Sapir Quotes)
In a sense, every form of expression is imposed upon one by social factors, one’s own language above all (Edward Sapir Quotes)
Language is an anonymous, collective and unconscious art; the result of the creativity of thousands of generations (Edward Sapir Quotes)
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 it's obedient servant (Edward Sapir Quotes)
The modern mind tends to be more and more critical and analytical in spirit, hence it must devise for itself an engine of expression which is logically defensible at every point and which tends to correspond to the rigorous spirit of modern science (Edward Sapir Quotes)
Cultural anthropology is more and more rapidly getting to realize itself as a strictly historical science (Edward Sapir Quotes)
The psychology of a language which, in one way or another, is imposed upon one because of factors beyond one’s control, is very different from the psychology of a language which one accepts of one’s free will (Edward Sapir Quotes)
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 (Edward Sapir Quotes)
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 (Edward Sapir Quotes)
It would, of course, be hopeless to attempt to crowd into an international language all those local overtones of meaning which are so dear to the heart of the nationalist (Edward Sapir Quotes)
It is no secret that the fruits of language study are in no sort of relation to the labour spent on teaching and learning them (Edward Sapir Quotes)
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 (Edward Sapir Quotes)
Comparison of statements made at different periods frequently enable us to give maximal and minimal dates to the appearance of a cultural element or to assign the time limits to a movement of population (Edward Sapir Quotes)
A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative (Edward Sapir Quotes)
A second type of direct evidence is formed by statements, whether as formal legends or personal information, regarding the age or relative sequence of events in tribal history made by the natives themselves (Edward Sapir Quotes)
A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language is the fact that it is equally foreign, or apparently so, to the traditions of all nationalities (Edward Sapir Quotes)