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Peter Farb is a renowned American author known for his profound insights into anthropology, linguistics, and culture. His works often focus on the relationship between language and culture, exploring how language shapes our thinking and worldview.

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“An inability to communicate has little to do with international friction-as is seen in the special ferocity of wars fought between people who speak the same language.”

People Littles War Speak Language Special Communication International Communicate Inability Friction Ferocity Inability To Communicate

Book:WORD PLAY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE TALK

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“Language does not stand still. Surprisingly, despite this knowledge, most speakers are fearful of change.”

Doe Stills Language Change Despite Fearful Speakers

Book:WORD PLAY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE TALK

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“No child is capable of speech until he has heard other human beings speak, and even two infants reared together cannot develop a language from scratch.”

Humans Children Two Together Speak Language Human Beings Heard Speech Capable Infant Scratches

Book:WORD PLAY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE TALK

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“Native speakers of a language know intuitively whether a sentence is grammatical or not. They usually cannot specify exactly what is wrong, and very possibly they make the same mistakes in their own speech, but they know-unconsciously, not as a set of rules they learned in school-when a sentence is incorrect.”

Knows School Language Mistake Speech Sentences Native Speakers Grammar Same Mistakes

Book:Word Play: What Happens When People Talk

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“People who speak the same language can hate one another as easily as can people who speak unrelated languages.”

People Hate Speak Language Hatred

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“Letters to the editors of English and American newspapers often contain expressions of horror about the new terms that creep into the language, and these expressions are usually accompanied by dire predictions about ruination of the mother tongue.”

Mother Language Term Expression Horror Letters Tongue Newspapers Editors Predictions Creeps Mother Tongue

Book:Word Play: What Happens When People Talk

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About the Author

Born: 1929
Known for: Author
Quotes: 18

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Man's Rise to Civilization as Shown by the Indians of North America from Primeval Times to the Coming of the Industrial StateRelated source material

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