This man's thesis expanded on Johann Herder's Origin and Language, using Eskimo languages as examples.
This man's thesis expanded on Johann Herder's Origin and Language, using Eskimo languages as examples. This author of Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech classified American Indian languages into six families and developed the idea of "language drift". While working with Alfred Kroeber, he investigated the Yana language spoken by Ishi. Working with one of his students, he developed an idea that states that one's language determines the way one thinks, popularly supported by the many word in the Inuit language for snow. For 10 points, name this man who developed a theory of linguistic relativity with his student Benjamin Whorf.
This man's thesis expanded on Johann Herder's Origin and Language, using Eskimo languages as examples.
Edward {Sapir}