No important national language, at least in the Occidental world, has complete regularity of grammatical structure, nor is there a single logical cat….

The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to ma….

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 m….

Cultural anthropology is not valuable because it uncovers the archaic in the psychological sense. It is valuable because it is constantly rediscoveri….

In a sense, every form of expression is imposed upon one by social factors, one's own language above all..

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 would be naïve to imagine that any analysis of experience is dependent on pattern expressed in language. Any concept, whether or not it forms part….

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 actu….

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 ….

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

Comparison of statements made at different periods frequently enable us to give maximal and minimal dates to the appearance of a cultural element or ….

National languages are all huge systems of vested interests which sullenly resist critical inquiry..

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..

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….

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 diplomac….

Language is an anonymous, collective and unconscious art; the result of the creativity of thousands of generations..

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

Nonverbal communication is an elaborate secret code that is written nowhere, known by none, and understood by all..

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

Fashion is custom in the guise of departure from custom.

No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality..