Selected Writings of Edward Sapir

Edward Sapir

University of California Press, 1968 - 129 pages

Contents

• The Nature of Language: 3
• Sound Patterns in Language: 33
• The Psychological Reality of Phonemes: 46
• A Study in Phonetic Symbolism: 61
• The Concept of Phonetic Law as Tested in Primitive Languages: 73
• Dialect: 83
• Language and Environment: 89
• Communication: 104
• The Function of an International Auxiliary Language: 110
• A Study in Semantics: 122
• The Grammarian and His Language: 150
• The Status of Linguistics as a Science: 160
• Studies of American Indian Languages: 167
• Abnormal Types of Speech in Nootka: 179
• A Chinookan Phonetic Law: 197
• Male and Female Forms of Speech in Yana: 206
• Internal Linguistic Evidence Suggestive of the Northern Origin: 213
• Glottalized Continuants in Navaho Nootka and Kwakiutl with: 225
• Editors preface: 251
• Tibetan Influences on Tocharian I: 273
• Hebrew Helmet a Loanword and Its Bearing on IndoEuropean: 285
• IndoEuropean Prevocalic s in Macedonian: 294
• The General View: 305
• Anthropology and Sociology: 332
• The Meaning of Religion: 346
• Group: 357
• Custom: 365
• Fashion: 373
• W A Mason A History of the Art: 382
• A Study: 389
• Song Recitative in Paiute Mythology excerpts: 463
• Literature and Music: 489
• The Heuristic Value of Rhyme: 496
• Editors preface: 507
• Oskar Pfister The Psychoanalytic Method: 525
• Speech as a Personality Trait: 533
• The Unconscious Patterning of Behavior in Society: 544
• Personality: 560
• Why Cultural Anthropology Needs the Psychiatrist: 569
• Psychiatric and Cultural Pitfalls in the Business of Getting: 578
• The Emergence of the Concept of Personality in a Study of Cul: 590
• Scientific Papers and Prose Writings: 601
• Poems: 614

Bibliographic information

• Title: Selected Writings of Edward Sapir; Nan'un-do's Contemporary library
• Author: Edward Sapir
• Publisher: University of California Press, 1968
• Length: 129 pages