しかし、言語の場合は、私達が遺伝的に受け継ぐのは、話したり、理解したりする能力だけである。私達が話す特定の１つないし複数の言語は、遺伝ではなく、文化的な伝達によって私達に伝えられるのである。の英語

In the case of language, however, it is only the ability to talk and understand that we inherit genetically; the particular language or languages that we speak are passed on to us not by genetic transmission but by cultural transmission.

When we say that a language is culturally transmitted - that is, that it is learned rather than inherited - we mean that it is part of that whole complex of learned and shared behavior that anthropologists call culture.

The interdependence of thought and speech makes it clear that languages are not so much a means of expressing truth that has already been established, but a means of discovering truth that was previously unknown. Their diversity is a diversity not of sounds and signs but of ways of looking at the world.

All of these abilities are passed on to us by genetic transmission; we receive them by way of the genes that we inherit from our parents.

In spoken language, we do not pause between words, a fact that is somewhat surprising. We seem to hear separate words; we can clearly make them out.

And we can communicate so many things in so many ways - with our faces, hands, bodies, and voices. We can even write our thoughts in words.

This might lead us to believe that a simple culture would make use of a simple language, that a complex culture would make use of a complex language, and so on.

Though it is true that every normal human being is able to use language, it is misleading to compare this with his ability to eat, sleep, or walk.

After all, different people have different ways of eating, according to the kinds of food which they have traditionally eaten.

After all, different people have different ways of eating, according to the kind of food which they have traditionally eaten.

Actors, artists, musicians, and writers may use many forms including spoken and written words, actions, colors and sounds.

Written words, carrier pigeons, the telegraph, and many other devices carried ideas faster and faster from man to man.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false

Just because people are corporeal born to this world doesn't mean that they understand everything about it, similarly just because somebody's died doesn't mean that they understand everything about the incorporeal world.

Instead use words like "some", "many", "often", and begin statements with openers like, "In my experience, ...", "Excuse me if I'm wrong, but...", "In many instances, ...."

When, one day, computers undertake to translate literary works, it will be the end of literature as we know it.

It is only through knowledge that we, as a nation, can cope with the dangers that threaten our society.

of or relating to the belief that God can be known to humans only in terms of what He is not (such as `God is unknowable')

of or relating to the religious belief that God can be known to humans positively or affirmatively

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

In its broadest sense communication includes all forms of transmitting thoughts or feelings between people.

When we buy food, we want to know where and when the food was made, what is used in it, how long it will last and so on.

It must also be said that spotting what is important in current science is a matter of judgement, one cannot know that one is right.

As soon as we are born, the world gets to work on us and transforms us from merely biological into social units.

More than ever do we need goals or leading ideas that will give purpose to whatever we are doing.

Knowledge is power, but it is power for evil just as much as for good.

Every individual is different, but everyone is connected in a way that surpasses all ages, careers, nationalities and ideals.

And of course, a speaker usually communicates in two ways, orally as well as through gestures.

Science is a good thing, but it is not an end in itself; it is a means toward an end and that end is human betterment.