Edward Sapir

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anthropologist human linguist linguistic anthropologist university teacher

Edward Sapir was a pioneering American anthropologist-linguist whose work on language, culture, and cognition helped lay the foundations of modern linguistics and linguistic anthropology.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Edward Sapir canonical	29
Benjamin Lee Whorf	1
Edward Sapir (anthropologist)	1
Sapir	1
linguist Edward Sapir	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anthropologist ⓘ human ⓘ linguist ⓘ linguistic anthropologist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
academicDegree	PhD ⓘ
causeOfDeath	stroke ⓘ
child	J. David Sapir ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1884-01-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1939-02-04 ⓘ
educatedAt	Columbia University ⓘ surface form: Columbia College Columbia University ⓘ
employer	Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ Geological Survey of Canada ⓘ surface form: Canadian Geological Survey University of Chicago ⓘ University of Pennsylvania ⓘ Yale University ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Jewish people ⓘ
familyName	Edward Sapir self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sapir
fieldOfWork	American Indian languages ⓘ anthropology ⓘ ethnolinguistics ⓘ language typology ⓘ linguistic anthropology ⓘ linguistics ⓘ morphology ⓘ phonology ⓘ
givenName	Edward ⓘ
hasAcademicDiscipline	anthropology ⓘ linguistics ⓘ
influenced	Benjamin Lee Whorf ⓘ Dell Hymes ⓘ Morris Swadesh ⓘ Roman Jakobson ⓘ
influencedBy	Franz Boas ⓘ
knownFor	Sapir–Whorf hypothesis ⓘ foundational work in structural linguistics ⓘ pioneering linguistic anthropology ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ German ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ
movement	American structuralism ⓘ Boasian school of anthropology ⓘ surface form: Boasian anthropology
name	Edward Sapir self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech ⓘ Nootka Texts ⓘ Numic languages ⓘ surface form: Southern Paiute: A Shoshonean Language The Status of Linguistics as a Science ⓘ Time Perspective in Aboriginal American Culture: A Study in Method ⓘ
placeOfBirth	German Empire ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia Lauenburg in Pommern ⓘ
placeOfDeath	New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ
positionHeld	professor of anthropology at University of Chicago ⓘ professor of anthropology at Yale University ⓘ
religion	secular Judaism ⓘ
residence	New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ New York City ⓘ Ottawa ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Florence Delson ⓘ
studied	Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ surface form: Athabaskan languages Native American languages ⓘ Nootka language ⓘ Southern Numic ⓘ surface form: Southern Paiute language
theory	language influences thought and perception ⓘ

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Wilhelm von Humboldt → influenced → Edward Sapir ⓘ

Franz Boas → influenced → Edward Sapir ⓘ

Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues → influenced → Edward Sapir ⓘ

this entity surface form: Benjamin Lee Whorf

Boasian school of anthropology → associatedWith → Edward Sapir ⓘ

Ruth Benedict → influencedBy → Edward Sapir ⓘ

Edward Sapir → name → Edward Sapir self-link ⓘ

Edward Sapir → familyName → Edward Sapir self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sapir

Boasian linguistics → keyFigure → Edward Sapir ⓘ

Yuman → studiedBy → Edward Sapir ⓘ

this entity surface form: linguist Edward Sapir

Yana language → documentedBy → Edward Sapir ⓘ

American historical particularism → associatedWith → Edward Sapir ⓘ

Boas → influenced → Edward Sapir ⓘ

subject surface form: Franz Boas

Oregon Penutian languages → proposedBy → Edward Sapir ⓘ

Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech → author → Edward Sapir ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edward Sapir (anthropologist)

Time Perspective in Aboriginal American Culture: A Study in Method → author → Edward Sapir ⓘ

Time Perspective in Aboriginal American Culture: A Study in Method → hasAuthorialTheorist → Edward Sapir ⓘ

The Status of Linguistics as a Science → author → Edward Sapir ⓘ

Sapir–Whorf hypothesis → namedAfter → Edward Sapir ⓘ

Sapir–Whorf hypothesis → associatedWith → Edward Sapir ⓘ

Benjamin Lee Whorf → studiedUnder → Edward Sapir ⓘ

Benjamin Lee Whorf → influencedBy → Edward Sapir ⓘ

J. David Sapir → father → Edward Sapir ⓘ

Florence Delson → spouse → Edward Sapir ⓘ

Linguistic Society of America → hasNotableMember → Edward Sapir ⓘ

Northern Yana → documentedBy → Edward Sapir ⓘ

“Yana Texts” by Edward Sapir → author → Edward Sapir ⓘ

subject surface form: Yana Texts

“Yana Texts” by Edward Sapir → relatedWork → Edward Sapir ⓘ

subject surface form: Yana Texts

Hupa language → documentedBy → Edward Sapir ⓘ

Shastan languages → documentedBy → Edward Sapir ⓘ

Mary Haas → influencedBy → Edward Sapir ⓘ

Yana people → studiedBy → Edward Sapir ⓘ