Among the most influential figures in the development of modern
linguistics, the American scholar Edward Sapir (1884-1939) notably
promoted the connection between anthropology and the study of
language. His name is also associated with that of his student in
the Sapir-Whorf principle of linguistic relativity, the hypothesis
that the structure of a language affects how its speakers
conceptualise the world. In this seminal work, first published in
1921, Sapir lucidly introduces his ideas about language and
explores topics that remain fundamental to linguistics today, such
as the relationship between language and culture, the elements of
speech, grammatical processes and concepts, historical language
development, and the question of how languages influence one
another. Especially significant in the history of structural
linguistics and ethnolinguistics, this clearly written text remains
relevant and accessible to students and scholars across the social
sciences.
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