Edward Sapir

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Linguistics
gptkb:Anthropology
gptkbp:academic_advisor gptkb:Edward_Sapir
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:awards Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
gptkbp:born January 26, 1884
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Kensico_Cemetery
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:contribution cultural anthropology
theory of language and thought
development of structural linguistics
gptkbp:died February 4, 1939
gptkbp:field linguistics
anthropology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edward Sapir
gptkbp:influence sociolinguistics
psycholinguistics
cognitive linguistics
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Noam_Chomsky
gptkb:Benjamin_Lee_Whorf
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Franz_Boas
gptkb:Wilhelm_von_Humboldt
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:Sapir-Whorf_hypothesis
gptkbp:language_spoken gptkb:French
gptkb:German
English
Native American languages
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Sapir-Whorf_hypothesis
linguistic anthropology
cultural relativism
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_works Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech
The Status of Linguistics as a Science
Culture, Language and Personality
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Professor
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Ladysmith,_British_Columbia,_Canada
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:New_Haven,_Connecticut,_USA
gptkbp:research_focus Native American languages
language and culture
linguistic relativity
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ruth_Sapir
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Franz_Boas
gptkb:César_de_Saussure
gptkb:Wilhelm_von_Humboldt
gptkb:Clifford_Geertz
gptkb:William_H._Bright
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5