Language is not the work of the individual but of the community.
Die Sprache ist nicht ein Werk des Individuums, sondern der Gemeinschaft.

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Wilhelm Wundt
German physiologist (1832-1920). Founded the first psychology lab at Leipzig in 1879, marking psychology's birth as an independent science. Father of experimental psychology and teacher of America's first psychologists.
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