1200 Pages
by
Routledge
Edward Sapir (1884–1939) was one of the foremost linguists and anthropologists of his time. He is most widely known for his contributions to the study of North American Indian languages. A founder of ethnology, which considers the relationship of culture to language, he was also principal developer of the American (descriptive) school of structural linguistics. Bringing together the best work... Read more
Volume I
Part I: Obituaries
Part II: Intellectual influences and exchanges
Part III: Later assessments of Sapir's biography and career
Part IV: Reviews of Sapir's Time Perspective (1916) and language (1921)
Part V: Reviews of and review articles on Selected Writings (1949)
Volume II
Part VI: Evaluations of particular aspects of Sapir's work and legacy
Part VII: Comments on and evaluations of Sapir's work on Amerindian languages
Part VIII: Sapir and his work at the National Museum of Man, 1910-1925
Volume III
Part IX: Sapir and his ideas of culture and psychology
Part X: Sapir as an ethnologist
Part XI: Sapir as a student of literature
Part XII: Sapir and the 'Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis'
Part I: Obituaries
Part II: Intellectual influences and exchanges
Part III: Later assessments of Sapir's biography and career
Part IV: Reviews of Sapir's Time Perspective (1916) and language (1921)
Part V: Reviews of and review articles on Selected Writings (1949)
Volume II
Part VI: Evaluations of particular aspects of Sapir's work and legacy
Part VII: Comments on and evaluations of Sapir's work on Amerindian languages
Part VIII: Sapir and his work at the National Museum of Man, 1910-1925
Volume III
Part IX: Sapir and his ideas of culture and psychology
Part X: Sapir as an ethnologist
Part XI: Sapir as a student of literature
Part XII: Sapir and the 'Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis'
Biography
Edited by K F E Koerner
