Author: Edward Sapir

Quotes

It is no secret that the fruits of language study are in no sort of relation to the labour spent on teaching and learning them.

It is no secret that the fruits of language study are in no sort of relation to the labour spent on teaching and learning them.

- Edward Sapir

I am convinced that the stratigraphic method will in the future enable archaeology to throw far more light on the history of American culture than it has done in the past.

I am convinced that the stratigraphic method will in the future enable archaeology to throw far more light on the history of American culture than it has done in the past.

- Edward Sapir

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.

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.

- Edward Sapir

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

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

- Edward Sapir

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