More And More, Unsolicited Gifts From Without

Cultural Anthropology Is More And More Rapidly Getting To Realize Itself As A Strictly Historical Science.

It Would Be Naïve To Imagine That Any Analysis Of Experience Is Dependent On Pattern Expressed In Language. Any Concept, Whether Or Not It Forms Part Of The System Of Grammatical Categories, Can Be Conveyed In Any Language. If A Notion Is Lacking In A Given Series, It Implies A Different Configuration And Not A Lack Of Expressive Power.

As A Matter Of Fact, A National Language Which Spreads Beyond Its Own Confines Very Quickly Loses Much Of Its Original Richness Of Content And Is In No Better Case Than A Constructed Language.

No Important National Language, At Least In The Occidental World, Has Complete Regularity Of Grammatical Structure, Nor Is There A Single Logical Category Which Is Adequately And Consistently Handled In Terms Of Linguistic Symbolism.

National Languages Are All Huge Systems Of Vested Interests Which Sullenly Resist Critical Inquiry.