Chapter 7
Edward Sapir
Assessments of his life and work
Article outline
- 1.Introductory observations
- 2.Obituaries and biographical sketches, 1939–1952
- 3.Intellectual influences and exchanges
- 4.Comments on Sapir’s work in the first half of the 20th
century
- 5.The reception of Sapir’s ideas in the second half of the 20th
century
- 6.The discussion of particular aspects of Sapir’s theories
- 6.1Language typology and language classification
- 6.2Sapir’s contribution to phonological theory
- 6.3Sapir’s contribution to historical-comparative
linguistics
- 6.4Sapir’s ‘psychology of culture’ and other non-linguistic
ideas
- 7.Edward Sapir and the so-called ‘Sapir-Whorf hypothesis’
- 8.Sapir’s other engagements, including his literary
pursuits
- 9.Concluding remarks
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Acknowledgements
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Notes
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References