Harry Hoijer (September 6, 1904 – March 11, 1976) was a linguist and anthropologist who worked on primarily

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languages and culture. He additionally documented the Tonkawa language, which is now extinct. Hoijer's few works make up the bulk of material on this language. Hoijer was a student of

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. Hoijer contributed greatly to the documentation of the

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and Pacific Coast Athabaskan languages and to the reconstruction of proto-Athabaskan. Harry Hoijer collected a large number of valuable

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on many Athabaskan languages, which are unpublished. Some of his notes on

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and the Tonkawa language are lost. Hoijer coined the term " Sapir–Whorf hypothesis"."The Sapir–Whorf hypothesis", in Hoijer (1954), pp. 92–105

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Bibliography

* * * Earle, Timothy (ed.) (1984): ''On the Evolution of Complex Societies: Essays in Honor of Harry Hoijer 1982,'' Undena (for the UCLA Dept.of Anthr.), Malibu, CA.. * * * Maquet, Jacques (ed.)(1980), articles by Joseph Greenberg,

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, Paul W. Friederich:''On Linguistic Anthropology: Essays in Honor of Harry Hoijer 1979,'' Undena (for the UCLA Dept. of Anthr.), Malibu, CA.. * Maquet, Jacques (ed.)(1982): ''On Symbols in Anthropology: Essays in Honor of Harry Hoijer 1980,'' Undena (for the UCLA Dept. of Anthr.), Malibu, CA.. * Maquet, Jacques, Daniels, Nancy (eds.) (1984), articles by

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, Maurice Godelier,

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: ''On Marxian Perspectives in Anthropology. Essays in Honor of Harry Hoijer, 1981,'' Undena (for the UCLA Dept. of Anthr.), Malibu, CA. * Williams, B. J., (ed.)(1986), articles by L.L. Cavelli-Sforza, et alii: ''On Evolutionary Anthropology. Essays in Honor of Harry Hoijer 1983,'' Undena (for the UCLA Dept. of Anthr.), Malibu, CA..

Works by Hoijer

* eals, Ralph L; & Hoijer, Harry. (1953). ''An introduction to anthropology''. New York: Macmillan Company. (Republished 1959, 1965, and 1971). * Hoijer, Harry. (n.d.). Chiricahua Apache stems. npublished manuscript * Hoijer, Harry. (n.d.). Mescalero Apache stems. npublished manuscript * Hoijer, Harry. (1933). ''Tonkawa: An Indian language of Texas''. New York: Columbia University. (Extract from ''Handbook of American Indian languages'', Vol. 3). * * * * Hoijer, Harry. (1945). ''Navaho phonology''. University of New Mexico publications in anthropology, (No. 1). * * * Hoijer, Harry. (1946). Chiricahua Apache. In C. Osgood (Ed.), ''Linguistic structures in North America''. New York: Wenner-Green Foundation for Anthropological Research. * * * * * * * * * Hoijer, Harry. (1963). The Athapaskan languages. In H. Hoijer (Ed.), ''Studies in the Athapaskan languages'' (pp. 1–29). Berkeley: University of California Press. * * * * * Hoijer, Harry. (1970). ''A Navajo lexicon''. University of California Publications in Linguistics (No. 78). Berkeley: University of California Press. * Hoijer, Harry. (1971). Athapaskan morphology. In J. Sawyer (Ed.), ''Studies in American Indian languages'' (pp. 113–147). University of California publications in linguistics (No. 65). Berkeley: University of California Press. * Hoijer, Harry. (1971). The position of the Apachean languages in the Athpaskan stock. In K. H. Basso & M. E. Opler (Eds.), ''Apachean culture history and ethnology'' (pp. 3–6). Tucson: University of Arizona Press. * Hoijer, Harry. (1971). “Patterns of Meaning in Navaho.” In ''Themes in Culture''. (eds. Zamora, Mario; Mahar, J.M.; and Orenstein, Henry.). Quezon City: Kayumanggi Publishers. 227–237. * * Hoijer, Harry; & Opler, Morris E. (1938). ''Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache texts''. The University of Chicago publications in anthropology; Linguistic series. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (Reprinted 1964 by Chicago: University of Chicago Press; in 1970 by Chicago: University of Chicago Press; & in 1980 under H. Hoijer by New York: AMS Press, ). *

Works edited by Hoijer

*Hoijer, Harry (Ed.). (1954). Language in culture: Conference on the interrelations of language and other aspects of culture. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. * Hoijer, Harry (Ed.). (1963). ''Studies in the Athapaskan languages''. University of California publications in linguistics (No. 29). Berkeley: University of California Press. * Sapir, Edward, & Hoijer, Harry. (1967). ''Navaho texts''. William Dwight Whitney series, Linguistic Society of America. * Sapir, Edward, & Hoijer, Harry. (1967). ''Phonology and morphology of the Navaho language''. Berkeley: University of California Press.

External links

Harry Hoijer
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Harry Hoijer Collection
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(by Harry Hoijer & Morris Opler) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoijer, Harry 1904 births 1976 deaths Linguists from the United States University of Chicago alumni Presidents of the American Anthropological Association Linguists of Na-Dene languages Linguists of Navajo Linguists of Tonkawa Linguistic Society of America presidents 20th-century American anthropologists 20th-century linguists