Edward Sapir (1884-1939) was a distinguished American linguist and anthropologist who developed a basic statement on the genetic relationship of Native American languages and pioneered in modern theor...
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Edward Sapir was a linguist dedicated to the investigation of the languages of native North America. Sapir played a major role in the formulation of the "culture and personality" field, and was recogn...
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Edward Sapir is remembered primarily as the most distinguished American-Indian linguist of his generation. Like many other social scientists of his day, however, Sapir dabbled in belles lettres and ap...
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In the following introduction to his book Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech, Sapir surveys major points covered throughout the book, including his notion that language is a cultural rat...
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In the following essay, Handler explores Sapir's theories about culture as they relate to his understanding of poetry, music, and criticism, particularly his notion that art is a key element in...
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In the following essay, Sapir's son provides an introduction to his father's life and works at the Edward Sapir centenary session of the American Anthropological Association's mee...
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In the following essay, Darnell discusses Sapir's wide range of theoretical interests.
Introduction
Edward Sapir was interested, in a more than passing way, in Germanic philology, American Indi...
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In the following essay, Handler explores Sapir's criticism of romanticism and his equation of romanticism with what he considered the excessive and egotistical elements of American individualis...
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In the following essay, McMillan reviews the reprinted edition of Sapir's The Psychology of Culture, addressing criticisms of Sapir's work from his peers and later observers.
Culture
In ...
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In the following essay, Rodseth argues in favor of Sapir's notion of culture as a collection of organic and infinitely variable meanings rather than abstract and static concepts.
Culture has be...
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Edward Sapir
Edward Sapir
Edward Sapir
