One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man.

One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man.

人们可以用语言来形容它，它可能是唯一的人类家园，唯一不能对人类怀有敌意的居所。

-- John Peter Berger 约翰·彼得·伯杰