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What was Whorf's profession while he was studying under Edward Sapir at Yale?

  • Fire prevention engineer

  • Physician

  • Archeologist

  • Mathematician

Answer

Whorf worked as a fire prevention engineer while studying under Edward Sapir at Yale University, before diving into linguistics. During this time, he gained valuable analytical and technical skills that later proved useful in his linguistic research and theorizations on language, society, and thought.
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