“Yana Texts” by Edward Sapir
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“Yana Texts” by Edward Sapir is a classic early 20th-century collection and analysis of traditional narratives in the Yana language, providing foundational documentation for the study of this Native American language and its culture.
All labels observed (1)
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| “Yana Texts” by Edward Sapir canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3539055 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Yana Texts” by Edward Sapir Context triple: [Yana language, hasLinguisticDescription, “Yana Texts” by Edward Sapir]
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A.
Treatise on the Origin of Language
Treatise on the Origin of Language is an influential 18th-century philosophical work that explores the natural, cultural, and historical origins of human language.
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Handbook of American Indian Languages
The *Handbook of American Indian Languages* is a foundational early 20th-century linguistic work that systematically documents and analyzes numerous Indigenous languages of the Americas.
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C.
Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech
"Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech" is a foundational 1921 work in linguistics that systematically explores the nature, structure, and function of human language.
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D.
On the Origin of Language
On the Origin of Language is a 19th-century work by philologist Hensleigh Wedgwood that explores the origins and development of human speech and linguistic forms.
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E.
Grammatik der samojedischen Sprachen
Grammatik der samojedischen Sprachen is a foundational 19th-century linguistic work by Matthias Castrén that systematically describes and analyzes the Samoyedic languages of northern Eurasia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Yana Texts” by Edward Sapir Target entity description: “Yana Texts” by Edward Sapir is a classic early 20th-century collection and analysis of traditional narratives in the Yana language, providing foundational documentation for the study of this Native American language and its culture.
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A.
Treatise on the Origin of Language
Treatise on the Origin of Language is an influential 18th-century philosophical work that explores the natural, cultural, and historical origins of human language.
-
B.
Handbook of American Indian Languages
The *Handbook of American Indian Languages* is a foundational early 20th-century linguistic work that systematically documents and analyzes numerous Indigenous languages of the Americas.
-
C.
Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech
"Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech" is a foundational 1921 work in linguistics that systematically explores the nature, structure, and function of human language.
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D.
On the Origin of Language
On the Origin of Language is a 19th-century work by philologist Hensleigh Wedgwood that explores the origins and development of human speech and linguistic forms.
-
E.
Grammatik der samojedischen Sprachen
Grammatik der samojedischen Sprachen is a foundational 19th-century linguistic work by Matthias Castrén that systematically describes and analyzes the Samoyedic languages of northern Eurasia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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linguistic corpus ⓘ |
| academicImportance |
classic work in Americanist linguistics
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foundational documentation of the Yana language ⓘ primary source for Yana oral literature ⓘ |
| aim |
preservation of Yana oral traditions
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scientific description of the Yana language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Americanist descriptive tradition
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Native American languages of California ⓘ |
| author | Edward Sapir ⓘ |
| contains | narratives told by native Yana informants ⓘ |
| contributor | Yana speakers ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Yana people of Northern California ⓘ |
| documents |
cultural practices of the Yana people
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discourse structure of Yana narratives ⓘ lexicon of the Yana language ⓘ morphology of the Yana language ⓘ syntax of the Yana language ⓘ |
| field |
Native American studies
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anthropology ⓘ linguistics ⓘ |
| genre |
ethnographic text collection
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linguistic text collection ⓘ |
| hasPart |
ethnographic commentary
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interlinear glosses ⓘ linguistic analysis ⓘ traditional Yana folktales ⓘ traditional Yana legends ⓘ traditional Yana myths ⓘ translations into English ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
descriptive-linguistic
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ethnographic ⓘ |
| languageDocumented | Yana language ⓘ |
| publicationEra | early 20th century ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Edward Sapir
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studies of the Yana people ⓘ |
| subject |
Native American oral literature
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Yana culture ⓘ Yana language ⓘ Yana traditional narratives ⓘ |
| timePeriodDocumented | early 20th century ⓘ |
| usedIn |
historical linguistics research
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language documentation studies ⓘ studies of Native American narrative traditions ⓘ |
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Subject: “Yana Texts” by Edward Sapir Description of subject: “Yana Texts” by Edward Sapir is a classic early 20th-century collection and analysis of traditional narratives in the Yana language, providing foundational documentation for the study of this Native American language and its culture.
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