Read what these major figures have said about language and its interconnections with society and culture. Interspersed between the quotes are key words in English, Samoan, Bemba, Russian, Japanese, and French. If we could embrace the sum of word-images stored in the minds of all individuals, we could identify the social bond that constitutes language. It is a storehouse filled by the members of a given community through their active use of speaking . . .
Language carries culture, and culture carries . . .
How people perceive themselves affects how they look at their culture, at their politics and at the social production of wealth . . . Language interacts with every other aspect of human life in society, and it can be understood only if it is considered in relation to society. All rights reserved Emory University.