Language
- ISBN-10
- 1108063780
- ISBN-13
- 9781108063784
- Series
- Language
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-03-20
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Edward Sapir
Description
A seminal 1921 work by the linguist Edward Sapir, outlining his influential ideas and hypotheses on language and its speakers.
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