Sapir's “Psychology of Culture” Prospectus

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Preface vii
3. Table of contents ix
4. Opening Remarks xiii
5. An Overview of Edward Sapir's Career 1
6. Sapir, Kroeber, and North American Linguistic Classification 17
7. Edward Sapir, Tony Tillohash, and Southern Paiute Studies 41
8. The Diachrony of Sapir's Synchronic Linguistic Description 67
9. Hokan-Siouan Revisited 111
10. Edward Sapir and Athabaskan Linguistics, with Preliminary Annotated Bibliography of Sapir's Work on Athabaskan and Na-Dene 147
11. Sapir's Comparative Method 191
12. Sapir as Museologist and Research Director 1910-1925 215
13. Edward Sapir and the Chicago School of Sociology 241
14. Sapir's Style 293
15. Sapir as a Student of Linguistic Diachrony 315
16. Form in Language 341
17. Reminiscences about Edward Sapir 371
18. The Development of Sapir's Psychology of Human Behaviour 405
19. The Aesthetics of Sapir's Language 433
20. The Theme of the Unconscious in Sapir's Thought 455
21. Sapir's Classification of Symbolism 483
22. Linguistic Text Collection and the Development of Life History in the Work of Edward Sapir 495
23. Sapir's “Psychology of Culture” Prospectus 533
24. The Emergence of Edward Sapir's Mature Thought 553
25. Personal Reminiscences 589
26. Closing Statement 593
27. Epilogue
28. Sapir Plaque 606
29. The Unveiling of the Sapir Plaque 607
30. Edward Sapir and the Museum 609
31. Index of Names 617