'S e
cananaiche
agus corp-eolaiche Gearmailteach-Ameireaganach Iudhais a bha ann an
Edward Sapir
(
26 am Faoilleach
1884
?
4 an Gearran
1939
). Rugadh e ann an Lauenburg ann am
Pommern
, sgire
Gearmailteach
aig an am ud, agus dh'imrich a theaghlach a
New York
aig deireadh na 19mh linn.
Fhuair e ceum ann an eolas-chanain
Gearmailteach
bho Oilthigh Cholumbia, ach bha uidh na b' fharsainge aige ann an
cananachas
. Ghabh e uidh mhor ann an cananan tusanach Ameireaganach, agus rinn e torr rannsachaidh orra agus an ceangail eadar
cananan
agus
corp-eolas
.
'S e sar chananaiche structarail a bh' ann. Bha Sapir den bheachd gu bheil buaidh aig canan air an doigh a chithear an saoghal agus gu bheil sealladh diofraichte aig daoine a-reir an canain. Chaidh am bun-bheachd aige a leasachadh le Benjamin Whorf, agus sin as adhbhar a chanar
Sapir-Whorf-Hypothesis
ris.
- Sapir, Edward (1907):
Herder's "Ursprung der Sprache"
. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ASIN: B0006CWB2W.
- Sapir, Edward (1908):
Spiegel memorial volume. Papers on Iranian subjects written by various scholars in honour of the late Dr. Frederic Spiegel
. British India Press, td. 156?159.
- Sapir, Edward (1910):
Yana Texts
. Berkeley University Press.
- Sapir, Edward, Swadesh, Morris (1939):
Nootka Texts: Tales and ethnological narratives, with grammatical notes and lexical materials
. Philadelphia: Linguistic Society of America. ASIN: B000EB54JC.