Edward Sapir

Quotes

• “Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understoo...”
• “The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great adva...”
• “It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language...”
• “We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose c...”