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If language did not affect behavior, it could have no meaning.

Kenneth Lee Pike

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Kenneth Lee Pike
Age: 88 †
Born: 1912
Born: June 9
Died: 2000
Died: December 31
Anthropologist
Bible Translator
Linguist
Translator
Woodstock
Connecticut
Behavior
Meaning
Language
Affect

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