Edward Sapir Born in Germany, Edward Sapir was brought to the United States in 1889 at the age of five. As a student at Columbia, where he worked with Franz Boas, he received a Masters in Germanics and a PhD (1909) on the Takelma language, spoken in Oregon.

Edward Sapir was an American Jewish anthropologist-linguist, who is widely considered to be one of the most important figures in the development of the discipline of linguistics in the United States.[1][2]

Edward Sapir (/ s ə ˈ p ɪər /; January 26, 1884 – February 4, 1939) was an American anthropologist-linguist, who is widely considered to be one of the most important figures in the early development of the discipline of linguistics.. Sapir was born in German Pomerania; his parents emigrated to United States of America when he was a child.He studied Germanic …

EDWARD SAPIR. January 26, 1884-February 4, 1939. BY REGNA DARNELL AND JUDITH T. IRVINE. AMONG THE ANTHROPOLOGISTS trained by Franz Boas in the early decades of the twentieth century Edward Sapir alone was regularly acknowledged by his peers as a genius. The only professionally trained linguist among Boas's students, and gifted with intuitive ...

Apr 23, 2021 · Sapir, Edward. 1921. Language: An introduction to the study of speech. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World. A world survey of languages, covering everything from sound systems to grammatical categories and literature. Sapir, Edward. 1985. Selected writings in language, culture and personality. Edited by David Mandelbaum.

Edward Sapir. Edward Sapir ( Lębork, Imperio alemán, 26 de enero de 1884- New Haven, Connecticut, 4 de febrero de 1939) fue un antropólogo y lingüista estadounidense. Sapir es una de las figuras de referencia de la lingüística estructural, y uno de los creadores de la hipótesis de Sapir-Whorf. 1 .

Edward Sapir (født 26. januar 1884, død 4. februar 1939) var en amerikansk lingvist og antropolog af den amerikanske deskriptive skole. Han beskrev amerikanske indianersprog og -kulturer, og hans forskning førte til et gennembrud i forståelsen af sprogenes mangfoldighed.

J. David Sapir, søn af Edward Sapir, er en sprogforsker, antropolog og fotograf. ... This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article "J._David_Sapir" ; it is used under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the CC-BY ...

Edward Sapir (1884–1939) was an American anthropologist-linguist, widely considered to be one of the most important figures in the early development of the discipline of linguistics. Born in German Pomerania, his parents emigrated to England and then to America when Sapir was a child. Sapir studied Germanic linguistics at Columbia, where he ...

Edward Sapir (1884 - 1939), a German-born ethnologist and linguist, was hired in 1910 to head the newly formed Anthropology Division at the Geological Survey of Canada (now the Canadian Museum of Civilization.)

Edward Sapir (1884-1939) Edward Sapir was born in Germany and came to the United States at age five. He was a close colleague of Ruth Benedict and studied under the tutelage of Franz Boas and Alfred Kroeber. Sapir was recognized as one of the first to explore the relationship between language and anthropology.

Edward Sapir. The psychology of a language which, in one way or another, is imposed upon one because of factors beyond one's control, is very different from the psychology of a language which one accepts of one's free will. Edward Sapir. National languages are all huge systems of vested interests which sullenly resist critical inquiry.