Edward Sapir

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkbp:awards gptkb:John_Simon_Guggenheim_Fellowship
gptkbp:birthDate 1884-01-26
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Lauenburg,_Pomerania,_German_Empire
gptkbp:children gptkb:Jean_Sapir
gptkb:Philip_Sapir
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 1939-02-04
gptkbp:deathPlace New Haven, Connecticut, United States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Franz_Boas
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkb:University_of_Ottawa
gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:ethnicity Jewish
gptkbp:field anthropology
linguistics
ethnology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edward Sapir
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Noam_Chomsky
gptkb:Benjamin_Lee_Whorf
gptkb:Dell_Hymes
gptkb:Mary_Haas
gptkb:Morris_Swadesh
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Franz_Boas
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Sapir–Whorf_hypothesis
work on Native American languages
gptkbp:languageStudied gptkb:Chinook
gptkb:Hopi
gptkb:Navajo
gptkb:Nootka
gptkb:Southern_Paiute
gptkb:Takelma
gptkb:Wishram
gptkb:Wiyot
gptkb:Yana
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Linguistic_Society_of_America
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Language:_An_Introduction_to_the_Study_of_Speech
Time Perspective in Aboriginal American Culture
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:anthropologist
gptkb:linguist
gptkbp:president gptkb:Linguistic_Society_of_America
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Grove_Street_Cemetery,_New_Haven,_Connecticut
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Florence_Delson
gptkbp:theory linguistic relativity
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Noam_Chomsky
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3