SECTION THREE. THEORETICAL, DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS (1923 –1929)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 3
2. Contents 9
3. FOREWORD 11
4. Chronological list of Sapir’s writings contained in Volume I 15
5. Preface 17
6. INTRODUCTION. Sapir’s Life and Work: Two Appraisals 19
7. SECTION ONE. THE PROBLEM OF THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE (1907) 55
8. SECTION TWO. HISTORY, VARIETY AND SETTING OF LANGUAGE (1911, 1912) 101
9. SECTION THREE. THEORETICAL, DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS (1923 –1929) 151
10. SECTION FOUR. THE PROBLEM OF AN INTERNATIONAL AUXILIARY LANGUAGE (1925–1933) 243
11. SECTION FIVE. STUDIES IN UNIVERSAL CONCEPTUAL GRAMMAR (1930, 1932, 1944) 289
12. SECTION SIX. PATTERNS OF LANGUAGE IN RELATION TO HISTORY AND SOCIETY (1931–1933–[1947]) 471
13. Backmatter 561