Edward Sapir: Linguist, Anthropologist, Humanist de Darnell, Regna - 1989-12-15

Hardback. Very Good.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 480 pages. Although he is referred to as a "genius" more often than any other scholar of his period, Edward Sapir has received no full-scale biography since his death in 1939. At long last, Regna Darnell provides a comprehensive assessment of the life, ideas, and wide-ranging interests of this remarkable man. Sapir, the foremost linguist and anthropologist of his generation, contributed substantially to the professionalization of linguistics as an independent discipline. He was the first to apply comparative Indo-European methods to the study of American Indian languages, on which he conducted extensive fieldwork. His theoretical work on the relationship of the individual personality to culture remains fundamental to culture theory in anthropology, as does his insistence on the symbolic nature of culture and the importance of culture as understood by its members, in their own… Leer más

University of California Press, 1989. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1989. First Printing. Hardcover. 0520066782 . DJ front has a slight damp stain to the area of the lower spine corner, seen only on the inside. ; 9.1 X 6.3 X 1.4 inches; 480 pages .

University of California Press. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

University of California Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. 2nd Printing . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 480 pgs.Bibliography.b/w photo illustrs. A gently used copy.

University of California Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Publisher's hardback in better than very good condition: firm and square, no scuffs, no cracks. Complete with original dustjacket, not showing any tears or chips. Contents tight and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Thus a tidy book in very presentable condition.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. frontis, index, xix, 480p. Hardcover. dj. 23cm. Review slip laid in.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.