National Languages Are All Huge Systems Of

These Examples Of The Lack Of Simplicity In English And French, All Appearances To The Contrary, Could Be Multiplied Almost Without Limit And Apply To All National Languages.

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.

No Two Languages Are Ever Sufficiently Similar To Be Considered As Representing The Same Social Reality.

It Is No Secret That The Fruits Of Language Study Are In No Sort Of Relation To The Labour Spent On Teaching And Learning Them.

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.