As a matter of fact, a nati... by Edward Sapir, an American Scientist

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“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.”

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Name: Edward Sapir

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Jan 26, 1884

Date of Death: Feb 4, 1939

Profession: Scientist

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One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.

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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.

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More and more, unsolicited gifts from without are likely to be received with unconscious resentment.

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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.

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We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation.

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