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In:New Perspectives in Language, Culture, and Personality: Proceedings of the Edward Sapir Centenary Conference (Ottawa, 1–3 October 1984)
Edited by William Cowan, Michael Foster and E.F.K. Koerner †
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences 41] 1986
► pp. ix–xii

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Published online: 1 January 1986
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Table of contents

Prefacevi
Opening Remarksxii
An Overview of Edward Sapir's Career1
Sapir, Kroeber, and North American Linguistic Classification17
Edward Sapir, Tony Tillohash, and Southern Paiute Studies41
The Diachrony of Sapir's Synchronic Linguistic Description67
Hokan-Siouan Revisited111
Edward Sapir and Athabaskan Linguistics, with Preliminary Annotated Bibliography of Sapir's Work on Athabaskan and Na-Dene147
Sapir's Comparative Method191
Sapir as Museologist and Research Director 1910-1925215
Edward Sapir and the Chicago School of Sociology241
Sapir's Style293
Sapir as a Student of Linguistic Diachrony315
Form in Language: Sapir's Theory of Grammar341
Reminiscences about Edward Sapir371
The Development of Sapir's Psychology of Human Behaviour405
The Aesthetics of Sapir's Language433
The Theme of the Unconscious in Sapir's Thought455
Sapir's Classification of Symbolism483
Linguistic Text Collection and the Development of Life History in the Work of Edward Sapir495
Sapir's “Psychology of Culture” Prospectus533
The Emergence of Edward Sapir's Mature Thought553
Personal Reminiscences589
Closing Statement593
Epilogue605
The Unveiling of the Sapir Plaque607
Edward Sapir and the Museum609
Index of Names617
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