Leonard Bloomfield
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Leonard Bloomfield was an American linguist who led the development of structural linguistics in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. He is considered to be the father of American distributio
Leonard Bloomfield
Edward Sapir
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Edward Sapir was an American anthropologist-linguist, and one of the most important figures in the development of the discipline of linguistics in the United States. Born in German Pomerania, in what
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…the Geological Survey of Canada in the Canadian Department of Mines, undertaking linguistic field work on Plains Cree; this position was arranged by Edward Sapir, who was then Chief of the Division of Anthropology, Victoria Museum, Geological Survey of Canada, Canadian Department of Mines. In May 1946, he suffered…
Edward Sapir, c. 1910
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Tony Tillohash with family. Tillohash was Sapir's collaborator on the famous description of the Southern Paiute language.
Alfred Kroeber and Ishi