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Quotes from Whorf — Benjamin Lee Whorf

1897–1941 United States

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The very natural tendency to use terms derived from traditional grammar like verb, noun, adjective, passive voice, in describing languages outside of Indo-European is fraught with grave possibilities of misunderstanding.

Whorf (1937)

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