Home / Authors / Edward Sapir

Edward Sapir

Edward Sapir Quotes

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

“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.”

World Doe Country Amount Driven Enormous Instance Firm Labour Providing Translations Countries Of The World

Book:Selected Writings of Edward Sapir

Source: Selected Writings of Edward Sapir

“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.”

World Humans Language Social Human Beings Particular Expression Activity Understood Mercy Objectives Mediums

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

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

“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.”

World Humans Form Spirit Common Known Expression Prove Symbols Units Human Spirit Allegiance Freedom Of Expression

Book:General Linguistics

Source: General Linguistics

“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.”

World Real Matter Facts Language Groups Habit Built Real World

Book:General Linguistics

Source: General Linguistics

“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.”

World Important Language Term Structure Logical Categories Consistently Symbolism Regularity National Language

Book:General Linguistics

Source: General Linguistics

About the Author

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

Related Topics

Language International International Language Spirit World Expression Form Logical National Language Analysis Common Different Facts Humans Problem Simplicity Social Unconscious Anthropology Appearance

Popular Topics

People Ifs Thinking Knows Men World Way Want Love Life Inspirational Needs Giving Feels Should Writing Trying Years Mind Firsts

Books & Sources

General LinguisticsRelated source material

Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and PersonalityRelated source material

Culture, Language and PersonalityRelated source material

Culture, Language, and Personality: Selected EssaysRelated source material

LanguageRelated source material

Selected Writings in Language, Culture and PersonalityRelated source material

Selected Writings of Edward SapirRelated source material

Similar Authors

David CrystalBrowse related quotes
Ferdinand de SaussureBrowse related quotes
Mido HamadaBrowse related quotes
Michael ErardBrowse related quotes
Benjamin Lee WhorfBrowse related quotes
Charlton LairdBrowse related quotes
Raj ThackerayBrowse related quotes
Bernard PivotBrowse related quotes
Kató LombBrowse related quotes
David GraddolBrowse related quotes