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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 theoretical linguistics. Edward Sapir was born in Lauenburg...

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 recognized for his work in linguistics and its formal applic...

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 applied insights gained from aesthetic pursuits to his m...

Philologos Forward 08-26-1994 ON LANGUAGE: Israeli Dogs Say 'Woof, Woof'. BY PHILOLOGOS The Hebrew language in modern Palestine/Israel had to fight many battles with other languages before -- seemingly against all linguistic odds -- it was revived as the daily speech...

Philologos Forward 01-29-1999 ON LANGUAGE: To Be or Not To Be 'It all depends on your definition of what the word 'is' is." First uttered by President Clinton in his grand jury testimony last summer, this sentence has already entered the folklore...

Axis Of Evil: Iranian forces captured 15 British sailors and marines Friday morning in Iraqi territorial waters. This is an act of war. How will Great Britain respond?A century ago, the British would have responded swiftly, with ruthless ferocity. Even 25 years ago the reply...

When every known speaker of the language Amurdag gets together, there's still no one to talk to. Native Australian Charlie Mungulda is the only person alive known to speak that language, one of thousands around the world on the brink of extinction. From rural Australia...