Language and our thought-grooves are inextricably interwoven, are, in a sense, one and the same.

Edward Sapir

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Language and thought Language

Author

Edward Sapir

Language

English

Time

1921 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Linguist Academic Writer

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United States

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Citation

Sapir, Edward. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1921, ch. 10.

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