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.

A logical analysis of reflexive usages in French shows, however, that this simplicity is an illusion and that, so far from helping the foreigner, it is more calculated to bother him.

What fetters the mind and benumbs the spirit is ever the dogged acceptance of absolutes.

Comparison of statements made at different periods frequently enable us to give maximal and minimal dates to the appearance of a cultural element or to assign the time limits to a movement of population.

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

Cultural anthropology is more and more rapidly getting to realize itself as a strictly historical science.

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