Cultural Anthropology Is Not Valuable Because It

Were A Language Ever Completely "grammatical" It Would Be A Perfect Engine Of Conceptual Expression. Unfortunately, Or Luckily, No Language Is Tyrannically Consistent. All Grammars Leak.

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.

The Attitude Of Independence Toward A Constructed Language Which All National Speakers Must Adopt Is Really A Great Advantage, Because It Tends To Make Man See Himself As The Master Of Language Instead Of Its Obedient Servant.

Human Beings Do Not Wish To Be Modest; They Want To Be As Expressive - That Is, As Immodest - As Fear Allows; Fashion Helps Them Solve That Paradoxical Problem.

The Psychology Of A Language Which, In One Way Or Another, Is Imposed Upon One Because Of Factors Beyond One's Control, Is Very Different From The Psychology Of A Language Which One Accepts Of One's Free Will.