Language as a human faculty developed but once in the history of the race，and all the complex history of language is a unique cultural event.
——Edward Sapir
作为人类的一种基能，语言在人类历史上只发展过一次，整部复杂的语言史是一桩独特的文化事件。
——爱德华·萨丕尔 I3d1Y+BOOpvHMRwuFf6Al9AKpTICz5YA3X8FBGHgmKBqw87laPkueRKk/CqQ7E5N
