New Perspectives in Language, Culture, and Personality
Proceedings of the Edward Sapir Centenary Conference (Ottawa, 1–3 October 1984)
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Edward Sapir (1884-1939) a conference was held in the Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa, Canada, where Sapir had his office for most of his time as Chief of the Anthropological Division of the Geographical Survey of Canada (1910-1925). This volume presents papers from that conference.
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 41] 1986. xiv, 627 pp.
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Table of Contents
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Preface | p. vi
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Opening RemarksGeorge F. MacDonald | p. xii
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An Overview of Edward Sapir's CareerFred Eggan | p. 1
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Sapir, Kroeber, and North American Linguistic ClassificationVictor Golla | p. 17
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Edward Sapir, Tony Tillohash, and Southern Paiute StudiesCatherine S. Fowler and Donald D. Fowler | p. 41
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The Diachrony of Sapir's Synchronic Linguistic DescriptionMichael Silverstein | p. 67
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Hokan-Siouan RevisitedMargaret Langdon | p. 111
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Edward Sapir and Athabaskan Linguistics, with Preliminary Annotated Bibliography of Sapir's Work on Athabaskan and Na-DeneMichael E. Krauss | p. 147
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Sapir's Comparative MethodIves Goddard | p. 191
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Sapir as Museologist and Research Director 1910-1925William Fenton | p. 215
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Edward Sapir and the Chicago School of SociologyStephen O. Murray | p. 241
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Sapir's StyleHerbert Landar | p. 293
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Sapir as a Student of Linguistic DiachronyYakov Malkiel | p. 315
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Form in Language: Sapir's Theory of GrammarEllen Contini-Morava | p. 341
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Reminiscences about Edward SapirWilliam Fenton, Frederica de Laguna, Edgar Siskin, Fred Eggan, Fang Li, Mary R. Haas and Kenneth L. Pike | p. 371
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The Development of Sapir's Psychology of Human BehaviourStanley S. Newman | p. 405
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The Aesthetics of Sapir's LanguageRichard Handler | p. 433
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The Theme of the Unconscious in Sapir's ThoughtRobert J. Allen | p. 455
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Sapir's Classification of SymbolismEdwin A. Weinstein | p. 483
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Linguistic Text Collection and the Development of Life History in the Work of Edward SapirWendy Leeds-Hurwitz and James M. Nyce | p. 495
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Sapir's “Psychology of Culture” ProspectusRichard J. Preston | p. 533
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The Emergence of Edward Sapir's Mature ThoughtRegna Darnell | p. 553
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Personal ReminiscencesPhilip Sapir | p. 589
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Closing StatementMichael Silverstein | p. 593
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Epilogue | p. 605
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The Unveiling of the Sapir Plaque | p. 607
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Edward Sapir and the MuseumMichael Foster | p. 609
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Index of Names | p. 617
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LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General