Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Language, without its outward garb...

is thought, according to Sapir. From Language: "thought is nothing but language denuded of its outward garb." (223)

And he defines language. (Who is bold enough to do that?) "Language is a purely human and non-instinctive method of communicating ideas, emotions, and desires by means of a system of voluntarily produced symbols." (8)