Who is the colleague of Ruth Benedict who is know for the development of the discipline of linguistics?
Edward Sapir Edward Sapir ( ; January 26, 1884 – February 4, 1939) was an American anthropologist-linguist, who is widely considered to be one of the most important figures in the early development of the discipline of linguistics.
Oswald Werner Oswald J. Werner (born February 26, 1928), known as Ossy, was a Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics for thirty years at Northwestern University and retired in 1998 as Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Linguistics. During this period he researched the Navajo language and culture. Although specializing in their medicine and science, he impacted anthropology, linguistics, ethnography, ethnographic methodology, ethnoscience, and cognitive anthropology.