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Anthropologist

Edward Sapir was a prominent American anthropologist known for his profound research on language and culture. Born on January 26, 1884, and passing away on February 4, 1939, Sapir's work had a profound impact on the development of modern anthropology, particularly in the fields of linguistic anthropology and semiotics.

Famous Edward Sapir Quotes

“The spirit of logical analysis should in practice blend with the practical pressure for the adoption of some form of international language, but it should not allow itself to be stampeded by it.”

Should Form Spirit Language Practice Pressure International Practicals Analysis Logical Adoption International Language

Book:Culture, Language, and Personality: Selected Essays

Source: Culture, Language, and Personality: Selected Essays

“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.”

Spirit Language Common Concerned International Vocabulary Proposal Procedures International Language

Book:General Linguistics

Source: General Linguistics

“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.”

Facts Language Common Sacrifice Creation Demand Argument Tradition International Favour Nationality International Language

Book:Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality

Source: Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality

“A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative.”

Should Language Simple Creative Rich Standards International Logical International Language

Book:General Linguistics

Source: General Linguistics

“Both French and Latin are involved with nationalistic and religious implications which could not be entirely shaken off, and so, while they seemed for a long time to have solved the international language problem up to a certain point, they did not really do so in spirit.”

Long Problem Spirit Certain Language Religious Involved Long Time International Latin Implications Nationalistic International Language

Book:General Linguistics

Source: General Linguistics

“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.”

Language International Accepted Secure Latin Diplomacy International Language

Book:Culture, Language and Personality

Source: Culture, Language and Personality

“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.”

Heart Courses Language International Dear Crowds Locals Hopeless International Language

Book:General Linguistics

Source: General Linguistics

About the Author

Born: January 26, 1884
Died: February 4, 1939
Known for: Anthropologist
Quotes: 39

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