Edward Sapir

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Edward_Sapir

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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