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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...

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