Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Acknowledgements v
3. Table of contents vii
4. Introduction xi
5. Part I: Obituaries and Biographical Sketches, 1939-1952
6. Franz Boas (1858-1942): Edward Sapir [1939] 3
7. Franklin Edgerton (1885-1963): Edward Sapir (1884-1939) 5
8. Diamond Jenness (1886-1969): Edward Sapir (1884-1939) 9
9. Harry Stack Sullivan (1892-1949): Edward Sapir, Ph.D., SC.D., 1884-1939 12
10. Leslie Spier (1893-1961): Edward Sapir [excerpt] 13
11. Ruth Fulton Benedict (1887-1948): Edward Sapir [1939] 15
12. Morris Swadesh (1909-1967): Edward Sapir [1939] 19
13. David Goodman Mandelbaum (b.1911): Edward Sapir [1941] 23
14. Charles Frederick Voegelin (b.1906): Edward Sapir [1952] 33
15. Part II: Comments on Sapir's Work, 1919-1953
16. Review of Time Perspective in Aboriginal American Culture (1916) 39
17. Review of Language 43
18. Review of Language (1921) 47
19. A Study of Language [excerpt] 51
20. Review of Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality (1949) 53
21. Review of Selected Writings (1949) 59
22. Review of Selected Writings (1949) 66
23. Review article on Selected Writings (1949) 69
24. Edward Sapir and the Training of Anthropological Linguists [1953] 115
25. Part III: Appraisals of Sapir's Life and Work, 1956-1980
26. Comments on Edward Sapir, his Personality and Scholarship [1956] 121
27. Reflections on Edward Sapir, Scholar and Man [1959] 131
28. The Culture Historic Implications of Sapir's Linguistic Classification (1961) 141
29. Sapir's Phonologic Representation (1967) 153
30. The Sapir Years at the Canadian National Museum in Ottawa (1976) 159
31. Reflections on Sapir's Anthropology in Canada (1980) 179
32. Part IV: Bibliography of Edward Sapir's Publications in Linguistics, Anthropology, and other Behavioral and Social Sciences
33. Scientific Papers and Prose Writings (revised by Leslie Spier and updated by David Mandelbaum), 1906-1944 197
34. Addenda to Sapir's Scientific Bibliography 211
35. Index of Names 219