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Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality
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Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality
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Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality, edited by David G. Mandelbaum, brings together the essential work of one of the most brilliant and wide-ranging intellectuals of the twentieth century. Sapir’s genius lay in his ability to combine meticulous analysis of linguistic data with sweeping theoretical insight. His contributions in linguistics spanned Germanic, Indo-European, and Semitic traditions, but his most groundbreaking work came from the study of American Indian languages, where he demonstrated the structural complexity and creativity of nonwritten traditions. For Sapir, however, the study of language could not be reduced to phonetics and grammar; speech was a cultural and social phenomenon, deeply intertwined with environment, thought, and personality. This volume reflects his dual commitment to rigorous linguistic science and to anthropology more broadly conceived, situating language within the patterns of culture and the dynamics of human life.
The collection also highlights Sapir’s remarkable versatility, extending from studies of phonemes and symbolic sound patterns to essays on music, literature, religion, and the interplay of culture and personality. His classic Time Perspective in Aboriginal American Culture stands alongside reflections on English semantics, cultural change, and psychiatric anthropology, revealing a scholar equally at home in formal analysis and in probing the human condition. Sapir’s writings are marked by clarity, aesthetic sensibility, and a distinctive ability to illuminate the connections between small details and vast theoretical questions. Mandelbaum’s careful selection and framing provide scholars with both the breadth and coherence of Sapir’s legacy. For linguists, anthropologists, historians of science, and cultural theorists, this volume serves not only as an indispensable reference but also as a reminder of the intellectual power and creativity of a figure whose work continues to shape the human sciences.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1949.
The collection also highlights Sapir’s remarkable versatility, extending from studies of phonemes and symbolic sound patterns to essays on music, literature, religion, and the interplay of culture and personality. His classic Time Perspective in Aboriginal American Culture stands alongside reflections on English semantics, cultural change, and psychiatric anthropology, revealing a scholar equally at home in formal analysis and in probing the human condition. Sapir’s writings are marked by clarity, aesthetic sensibility, and a distinctive ability to illuminate the connections between small details and vast theoretical questions. Mandelbaum’s careful selection and framing provide scholars with both the breadth and coherence of Sapir’s legacy. For linguists, anthropologists, historians of science, and cultural theorists, this volume serves not only as an indispensable reference but also as a reminder of the intellectual power and creativity of a figure whose work continues to shape the human sciences.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1949.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- Part One LANGUAGE
- CULTURE
- Part Three THE INTERPLAY OF CULTURE AND PERSONALITY
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- BIBLIOGRAPHY