Edward Sapir

Edward Sapir (pronunciation: suh PEER), (1884-1939) was an American anthropologist-linguist, a leader in

Bibliography

• Edward Sapir: Appraisals of His Life and Work. Ed. Konrad Koerner. Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1984. A collection of obituaries, bibliographic sketches, and critiques (mostly positive) of Sapir's work by his colleagues, students, and others affected by his work.
• The Collected Works of Edward Sapir. Ed. William Bright. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1990. Volume IV presents more of his anthropological work, and makes reference to his work with Fang-Kuei Li. Volumes V and VI contain his work on American Indian languages, including a letter in which he speculates about a tie between Athabaskan and Sino-Tibetan.