Edward Sapir – Appraisals of his life and work
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To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Edward Sapir (1884–1939), this volume brings together a number of papers by distinguished North American scholars appraising the life and work of the world-renowned anthropologist and linguist.
It includes an introduction by the editor, a full bibliography of Sapir's scientific writings, a detailed index of names, and many photographs and fac similes. Among the contributors are: Ruth Benedict, Leonard Bloomfield, Franz Boas, Joseph Greenberg, Mary Haas, Zellig Harris, A.L. Kroeber, Robert H. Lowie, David Mandelbaum, Morris Swadesh, and C.F. Voegelin.
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 36] 1984. xxviii, 224 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements
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v
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Introduction
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Part I: Obituaries and Biographical Sketches, 1939-1952
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Franz Boas (1858-1942): Edward Sapir [1939]
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Franklin Edgerton (1885-1963): Edward Sapir (1884-1939)
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Diamond Jenness (1886-1969): Edward Sapir (1884-1939)
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Harry Stack Sullivan (1892-1949): Edward Sapir, Ph.D., SC.D., 1884-1939
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12
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Leslie Spier (1893-1961): Edward Sapir [excerpt]
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13
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Ruth Fulton Benedict (1887-1948): Edward Sapir [1939]
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15
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Morris Swadesh (1909-1967): Edward Sapir [1939]
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19
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David Goodman Mandelbaum (b.1911): Edward Sapir [1941]
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23
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Charles Frederick Voegelin (b.1906): Edward Sapir [1952]
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33
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Part II: Comments on Sapir's Work, 1919-1953
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39
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47
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59
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66
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69
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115
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Part III: Appraisals of Sapir's Life and Work, 1956-1980
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131
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141
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153
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159
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179
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Part IV: Bibliography of Edward Sapir's Publications in Linguistics, Anthropology, and other Behavioral and Social Sciences
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197
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211
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Index of Names
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219
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Location of Pictures and Illustrations
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Edward Sapir (Chicago, ca.1930)
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Edward Sapir (New Haven, ca.1936)
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Edward Sapir, his wife Florence, née Delson (d. 21 April 1924), and their first-born son, Michael, in front of 357 Elgin Street (Ottawa, Summer 1913)
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Edward Sapir (Ottawa, ca.1913)
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Facsimile of ‘Time Perspective’ (1916)
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Facsimile of ‘Language: An introduction to the study of speech’ (1921)
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Facsimile of ‘Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality’ (1949)
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Sapir's residence during the years 1915-16 at 67 Aylmer Street, Ottawa, Canada. (Picture taken in 1983, with William Cowan and Konrad Koerner in the foreground.)
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Sapir's residence during the years 1917-20 at 1 Findlay Avenue, Ottawa, Canada. (Picture dating from summer 1983.)
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Thomas Talbot Waterman (1885-1936), Paul Radin (1883-1959), Ishi (d. 1916), Robert Harry Lowie (1883-1957), and Sapir (Berkeley, California, August 1915)
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Paul Sidney Martin (1899-1874), Fay-Cooper Cole (1881-1961), and Sapir (departure for a field trip to the Southwest, Chicago, ca.1926)
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Edward Sapir's first classification of North American Indian languages as published in Science N.S. vol.54, No.1400, p.408 (1921)
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Facsimile of title and copyright statement of Shin-ichi Kurokawa's translation of “Sound Patterns in Language” and “The Psychological Reality of Phonemes” (Tokyo: Taishukan, 1958)
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Facsimile of the title page of the Japanese translation by Mikio Hirabayashi of major portions from ‘Selected Writings of Edward Sapir’ (Tokyo: Hokuseido, 1983)
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BIC Subject: CF – Linguistics
BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General