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


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Language is the most massive and inclusive art we know, a mountainous and anonymous work of unconscious generations.

Language is the most massive and inclusive art we know, a mountainous and anonymous work of unconscious generations.



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

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



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.



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

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



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

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



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.



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.

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.



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

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



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

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



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

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





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