Definition of Sapir

1. Noun. Anthropologist and linguist; studied languages of North American Indians (1884-1939).

Exact synonyms: Edward Sapir
Generic synonyms: Anthropologist, Linguist, Linguistic Scientist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sapir

Sao Thome e Principe
Sao Thome e Principe monetary unit
Sao Tiago Island
Sao Tome
Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome e Principe
Saone
Saone River
Sapan
Saphar
Sapindaceae
Sapindales
Sapindus drumondii
Sapindus marginatus
Sapindus saponaria
Sapir
Saponaria
Saponaria officinalis
Saponaria vaccaria
Sapotaceae
Sappey
Sappey's fibres
Sappey's plexus
Sappey's veins
Sapphic ode
Sapphick
Sapphire
Sappho

Literary usage of Sapir

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surveying the Record: North American Scientific Exploration to 1930 by Edward Carlos Carter (1999)
"80 Between 1912 and 1918, sapir and Kroeber eng long distant collaboration. During these years, sapir methodology for uncovering the history of the lang c ..."

2. Surveying the Record: North American Scientific Exploration to 1930 by Edward Carlos Carter (1999)
"80 Between 1912 and 1918, sapir and Kroeber engaged in a productive, long distant ... During these years, sapir began to articulate a methodology for ..."

3. Teaching Children to Be Literate: A Reflective Approach by Anthony V. Manzo, Ula Casale Manzo (1995)
"THE sapir-WHORF HYPOTHESIS According to this hypothesis^, the words one is taught greatly influence what one "sees," thinks, comprehends, feels, ..."

4. Land Or Peace: Whither Israel? by Yael Yishai (1987)
"On December 9, 1968 sapir appealed against a decision of the cabinet territorial committee that ... Some commentators have described sapir as no ideologue. ..."

5. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 3/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"Mus., 1876; sapir in Am. Anthr., ix, no. 2, 1907; Schoolcraft, Indian Tribes, 1851—54; Schumacher in Peabody Mus. Reps. ; Stearns in Nat. Mus. Rep. ..."

6. Surveying the Record: North American Scientific Exploration to 1930 by Edward Carlos Carter (1999)
"80 Between 1912 and 1918, sapir and Kroeber eng long distant collaboration. During these years, sapir methodology for uncovering the history of the lang c ..."

7. Surveying the Record: North American Scientific Exploration to 1930 by Edward Carlos Carter (1999)
"80 Between 1912 and 1918, sapir and Kroeber engaged in a productive, long distant ... During these years, sapir began to articulate a methodology for ..."

8. Teaching Children to Be Literate: A Reflective Approach by Anthony V. Manzo, Ula Casale Manzo (1995)
"THE sapir-WHORF HYPOTHESIS According to this hypothesis^, the words one is taught greatly influence what one "sees," thinks, comprehends, feels, ..."

9. Land Or Peace: Whither Israel? by Yael Yishai (1987)
"On December 9, 1968 sapir appealed against a decision of the cabinet territorial committee that ... Some commentators have described sapir as no ideologue. ..."

10. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 3/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"Mus., 1876; sapir in Am. Anthr., ix, no. 2, 1907; Schoolcraft, Indian Tribes, 1851—54; Schumacher in Peabody Mus. Reps. ; Stearns in Nat. Mus. Rep. ..."

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