Who was the main influence on Sapir at Columbia?
Franz Boas
Rudolf Botha
Leonard Bloomfield
None of the above
Answer
Franz Boas was a German-American anthropologist who is considered to be the father of American anthropology. He was a major influence on Sapir, who studied under him at Columbia University. Boas believed that culture was a learned behavior, not something that was inherent in human nature. He also argued that different cultures should be studied on their own terms, without imposing Western values on them.
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