The full meaning of a language is never translatable into another. We may speak several languages but one of them always remains the one in which we live. In order completely to assimilate a language it would be necessary to make the world which it expresses one's own and one never does belong to two worlds at once.


Consciousness and the Acquisition of Language (ed. Northwestern University Press, 1979) - ISBN: 9780810105973

Maurice Merleau-Ponty Quotes

The full meaning of a language is never translatable into another. We may speak several languages but one of them always remains the one in which we...

The full meaning of a language is never translatable into another. We may speak several languages but one of them always remains the one in which we...

The full meaning of a language is never translatable into another. We may speak several languages but one of them always remains the one in which we...

The full meaning of a language is never translatable into another. We may speak several languages but one of them always remains the one in which we...