Author:Edward Sapir

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Edward Sapir
(1884–1939)

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An American anthropological linguist.

Works

Books

1907, Herder's "Ursprung der Sprache", Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
1909, with Jeremiah Curtin, Wishram texts, together with Wasco tales and myths. E.J. Brill.
1910, Yana Texts, Berkeley University Press.
1915, A sketch of the social organization of the Nass River Indians, Ottawa: Government Printing Office.
1915, Noun reduplication in Comox, a Salish language of Vancouver island, Ottawa: Government Printing Office.
1916, Time Perspective in Aboriginal American Culture, A Study in Method, Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau.
1917, Dreams and Gibes, Boston: The Gorham Press.
1921, Language: An introduction to the study of speech, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company.

Essays and articles

1907, "Preliminary report on the language and mythology of the Upper Chinook". American Anthropologist. 9 (3): 533–544. doi:10.1525/aa.1907.9.3.02a00100.
1908, "On the etymology of Sanskrit asru, Avestan asru, Greek dakru", In Modi, Jivanji Jamshedji (ed.). Spiegel memorial volume. Papers on Iranian subjects written by various scholars in honour of the late Dr. Frederic Spiegel, Bombay: British India Press. pp. 156–159.
1910, "Some fundamental characteristics of the Ute language", Science 31(792): 350–352. doi:10.1126/science.31.792.350.
1911, "The History and Varieties of Human Speech", Popular Science Monthly, Vol. 79, pp. 45-67.
1911, "Some aspects of Nootka language and culture". American Anthropologist. 13: 15–28. doi:10.1525/aa.1911.13.1.02a00030.
1911, "The problem of noun incorporation in American languages", American Anthropologist, 13(2): 250–282. doi:10.1525/aa.1911.13.2.02a00060.
1913, "Southern Paiute and Nahuatl, a study in Uto-Aztekan", Journal de la Société des Américanistes. 10(2): 379–425. doi:10.3406/jsa.1913.2866.
1915, "Abnormal Types of Speech in Nootka", Memoir (Geological Survey of Canada) no. 62. doi:10.4095/103492.
1915, "Noun Reduplication in Comox, a Salish Language of Vancouver Island", Memoir (Geological Survey of Canada), no. 63. doi:10.4095/103493.
1915, "A Sketch of the Social Organization of the Nass River Indians", Museum Bulletin (Geological Survey of Canada), no. 19. doi:10.4095/104974.
1915, "The Na-dene languages: a preliminary report", American Anthropologist, 17(3): 765–773. doi:10.1525/aa.1915.17.3.02a00080.
1916, "Time Perspective in Aboriginal American culture: A Study in Method", Memoir (Geological Survey of Canada), no. 90. doi:10.4095/103486.
1917, "Do we need a superorganic?", American Anthropologist, 19(3): 441–447. doi:10.1525/aa.1917.19.3.02a00150.
1918, "Review of Moseteno Vocabulary and Treatises", International Journal of American Linguistics, 1(2), pp. 183-184.
1920, "A note on the first person plural in Chimariko" in International Journal of American Linguistics, 1(4), pp. 291-294.
1923, "Prefatory note", Museum Bulletin (Geological Survey of Canada), no. 37: iii. doi:10.4095/104978.

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1930.

This author died in 1939, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 85 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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