"Language is the dress of thought" Dr Samuel Johnson |
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Added: August 2003 |
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| Italianbro - 15th November 2003 01:05
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| 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. It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection. The fact of the matter is that the 'real world' is to a large extent unconsciously built upon the language habits of the group. No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. The worlds in which different societies live are distinct worlds, not merely the same world with different labels attached... We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation. (Sapir 1958 [1929], p. 69)
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| willbut - 18th November 2003 00:35
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| Mr Sapir suggests that Dr Johnson was wrong- do you agree, ItalianBro?
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| charuta - 6th May 2004 04:29
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| i disagree with this sentence as sometimes the man with good learning qualification may hide his or her true personality in the disguise of good and polished language.
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| brittany - 21st January 2005 16:05
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| HI
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| brittany - 21st January 2005 16:07
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| I love engilsh
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| NR - 12th May 2005 14:39
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| Language is the stuff of thought.
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| Anna - 18th January 2006 08:32
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| I agree!!! It's just obvious!!! It's practically the only way to express our opinion....
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| perla pacheco - 1st January 2007 09:41
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| cause english is international language
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| Sarah - 24th September 2008 01:45
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| language is indeed a good expressions of thought
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