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Was Sapir born in Lauenberg or in Lauenburg?

Good query, turns out it is the latter. [1]

I will attempt to un-stub this article as time permits! nsh 01:15, Mar 17, 2004 (UTC)

We should really add a photo of Sapir to the page, such as http://stills.nap.edu/readingroom/books/biomems/photo/esapir.JPG, provided we can get permission. geshane 2005/01/21

What illness was Sapir suffering from when Whorf sbstituted for him?

"Sapir is also widely known for his ironic appreciation of NASCAR racing, dill pickles, and whoopee cushions." Can somebody provide evidence (sources?) to confirm or refute this claim, added by 216.229.180.164 on 27 September 2006?

[edit] Sapir

Is there a reason that Sapir's name has such a ridiculous pronunciation, or is it a mistake? I am referring to the use of the open-mid back vowel in the unstressed first syllable of his name. Such a pronunciation would be unnatural and difficult for an English speaker, who would tend to weaken it to /sə'piɹ/. The use of the sound /ɹ/ obviously indicates that the name is meant to be English.

It is not "ridiculous". Some consider /ʌ/ and /ə/ to be allophones, I think. The article said "suh PEER" before I changed it to IPA, and I simply didn't think too much before translating uh into /ʌ/. I'll change it. --Pablo D. Flores (Talk) 19:49, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
Agreed; that's not ridiculous at all. My last name is spelled S-A-P-I-R, and the most common misprononciation is suh-peer.

Add a disambig or something, there's an article existing called Tamir Sapir --Shandris 11:03, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Place of death

I have been unable to find Sapir's place of death for the Wikipedia:Persondata for this article. Can anybody help? TheGrappler 23:58, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

he died in New Haven. See Language, 15 (2), p. 127. (he was still at Yale.) – ishwar  (speak) 07:48, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sapir redirects here

I think this is a mistake. There are at least two notable Jewish/Israeli personalities with this last name, such as Yosef Sapir. A disambiguation page is needed. However, I don't have time to create one at the moment. If someone can do this, I'd be greatful. -- Ynhockey (Talk) 23:32, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Was Sapir a structuralist?

Why on Earth Sapir is called here "a leader in American structural linguistics"? Unlike Leonard Bloomfield, Sapir has nothing to do with structuralism! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.237.182.231 (talk) 00:47, 23 November 2007 (UTC)