Edward Sapir (pronunciation: suh PEER), (
1884-
1939),
American anthropologist-
linguist; a leader in
American
structural linguistics; author of
Language : An Introduction to the Study of Speech (
ISBN 0-15648-233-9); Born in
Lauenberg,
Germany. Pupil of
Franz Boas,
teacher of
Benjamin Whorf.
See Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis.
