[BOOK][B] The collected works of Edward Sapir

E Sapir - 1990 - degruyter.com
E Sapir
1990degruyter.com
Edward Sapir (1884-1939) is remembered primarily as a linguist who conducted fieldwork
on a remarkable number of" aboriginal" North American languages, and who did much to set
linguistics on its modern course. Sapir s linguistic findings were always substantiated by
thorough anthropological fieldwork which additionally distinguished him as a cultural
anthropologist and ethnographer. The Collected Works of Edward Sapir will now make
available a body of work thai is highly relevant to today's linguistic concerns. Some of his …
Edward Sapir (1884-1939) is remembered primarily as a linguist who conducted fieldwork on a remarkable number of" aboriginal" North American languages, and who did much to set linguistics on its modern course. Sapir s linguistic findings were always substantiated by thorough anthropological fieldwork which additionally distinguished him as a cultural anthropologist and ethnographer.
The Collected Works of Edward Sapir will now make available a body of work thai is highly relevant to today's linguistic concerns. Some of his studies of Native American Languages are still ftcquendy the best and the sole source of information on a particular language. This edition will include not only Edward Sapir's published but also his unpublished works.
De Gruyter