Quote#World
Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in…
Quote byEdward Sapir · 1884–1939
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Status Of Linguistics As A Science (1929), p. 69.
English (original)
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.
— Edward Sapir
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