![]() This flows nicely into "The Function of an International Auxiliary Language", but comes to now conclusion. This helps to explain why Chinese can be seen as so old (along with its many exports to other languages) and how we can see a taxon in Algonquin and other Native American languages that fit so much into a single word. Mixing in with the wonder is some linguistic science, such as a classification of languages:įour stages of synthesis may be conveniently recognized the isolating type, the weakly synthetic type, the fully synthetic type and the polysynthetic type. Not really an illuminating exploration, he does telegraph an awe and wonder of this hard to define and categorized subject that is universal in the human experience. They are very well organized and build from one to the other, starting with a long essay on language, his principal field of study. ![]() Probably the nine essays here would bear up on repeated readings maybe even years later. While Sapir never puts forward a conclusion or deep insight that wows me, he assays into deep and meaningful topics like Montaigne. ![]() I gave this three stars for how it struck me, but it probably deserves four or more. ![]()
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