Lawrence Creaghan “The fact of the matter is that the real world is to a large extent unconsciously built up on the language habits of the group. No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. The worlds in which different societies live are distinct worlds, not merely the same worlds with different labels attached.” Edward Sapir (1884-1939) was an American anthropologist-linguist, who is widely considered to be one of the most important figures in the development of the discipline of linguistics. English words and nuances that don’t exist in French
“In an information-rich world, the wealth of information means a dearth of something else: a scarcity of whatever it is that information consumes. What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients.” – Noble Laureate Herbert Simon
– Edward Sapir