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State the problem / information need / goal of the research Two well-known anthropologists conducted ethnographic fieldwork in the Pacific Northwest among the Chinook and other tribes. Throughout their lives, each of them published books and papers discussing the phonetics and morphology of regionally-specific, American Indian languages. Their books have been cited in scholarly papers and journals that span a wide array of topics including transpacific displacement and the Harlem Renaissance. These two people knew each other and were colleagues. Ironically, neither of these authors had a degree specifically in anthropology. 1. Name both of the anthropologists. 2. What subjects did the anthropologists have degrees in? 3. Name the book written by one of the anthropologists that was cited by authors writing about transpacific displacement and authors writing about the Harlem Renaissance. 4. Name the book written by one of the anthropologists that was cited by authors writing about transpacific displacement and not cited by authors writing about the Harlem Renaissance. They were both well-written Pacific Northwest anthropologists. They both studied the Chinook. They both have at least one degree. Their publications have been influential across a variety of topics. Their books have something to do with language. They knew each other. I broke the problem into steps. I tracked my progress using Google docs. I used context clues and triangulation of sources to determine who the anthropologists were and what books they wrote. I used Google Books and Google Scholar to verify information. I used Ctrl-F to search within texts and websites. I searched Google Scholar, searched cited by, searched within citing articles, and doublechecked my sources. I used the minus (-) operator to exclude a word from my search. E.B. Tylor was a dead end. Chinook is also a breed of dog. 1. Name both of the anthropologists. Franz Boas and Edward Sapir 2. What subjects did the anthropologists have degrees in? Franz Boas had degrees in physics and geography. Edward Sapir had degrees in linguistics and German. 3. Name the book written by one of the anthropologists that was cited by authors writing about transpacific displacement and authors writing about the Harlem Renaissance. The book was "The Handbook of American Indian Languages". 4. Name the book written by one of the anthropologists that was cited by authors writing about transpacific displacement and not cited by authors writing about the Harlem Renaissance. The book was "Selected writings of Edward Sapir in Language Culture and Personality".

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Questions Who are the Chinook?

Query URL Information Credible/verified? [Chinook] [Chinook http://en.wikipedia. Chinook is the name of a strong wind, a dog breed, and the group of Yes - I doublepeople] org/wiki/Chinook_wind people who lived near the Columbia river. For this query, the group of checked Wikipedia www.britannica. people seemed to be the most relevant response. I double checked with with the 2nd query com/EBchecked/topic/113040/Chinook two other websites to verify the information. and found the www.trailtribes. answers matched org/fortclatsop/home.htm up. What anthropologists [Chinook language http://onlinelibrary. Franz Boas - The first sentence of the article indicates that Boas studied Yes - information studied the Chinook? anthropologist] wiley.com/doi/10. the Chinook. about Boas was 1525/aa. pubished in an 1904.6.1.02 anthropological a00080/abstract journal. What other [Chinook language http://books. E.B. Tylor Yes - he was cited anthropologists studied anthropologist google. in a book the Chinook? -Boas] com/books? "Bibliography of id=f1kSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73&dq=chinook+language+anthropologist+--Boas&source=bl&ots=U-7IE7mqr6&sig=t9 the Chinookan language" (note: he did not write the book). Did both of these Google Book https://www. Boas - yes, he wrote several books about the morphology and phonetics Yes - Google anthropologists write Search google. of American Indian languages. E.B. Tylor - no, he did not write any Books produced a books about the com/#hl=en&tbo=d&tbm=bks&sclient=psy-ab&q=Franz+Boas+language&oq=Franz+Boas+language&gs_l=serp.3...15782.17 books about the morphology and phonetics of American Indian search result morphology and https://www. languages. E.B. Tylor was a dead end. Moving forward, I needed to detailing the books phonetics of regionallygoogle. search for another anthropologist. that each specific American Indian com/#hl=en&tbo=d&tbm=bks&sclient=psy-ab&q=E.B.+Tylor++language&oq=E.B.+Tylor++language&gs_l=serp.3...94288.988 anthropologist languages? wrote. I searched inside to see if they discussed morphology and phonetics.

Who else was a contemporary of Boas, who studied the Chinook, and wrote about the morphology and phonetics of regionallyspecific American Indian languages?

[Franz Boas] then [Edward Sapir] then [Edward Sapir Chinook]

What subjects did the [Franz Boas] two anthropologists have [Edward Sapir] degrees in?

Did Boas write a book Google Books: about phonetics and [Franz Boas morphology of language? language]

Did Sapir write a book Google Books: about phonetics and [author "Edward morphology of language? Sapir"]

Was Boas' book cited in scholarly papers and/or journals regarding transpacific displacement and the Harlem Renaissance?

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https://www. It seems like Boas is correct but E.B. Tylor is not. Since the question Yes - search google. said that both anthropologists knew each other, I searched Franz Boas results were from com/#hl=en&tbo=d&sclient=psy-ab&q=Franz+Boas&oq=Franz+Boas&gs_l=serp.12...0.0.2.10564.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0.les%3B to find out more information about him. On the right hand side of the Google and https://www. search results screen, Google provided me with a summary of Boas, as Google Books. google. well as a list of items that "People also search for". I investigated this Google Books com/#hl=en&tbo=d&q=edward+sapir&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAGOovnz8BQMDgxoHsxCHfq6-gbGxUYUSmGWUVVmhxReQW option and chose the 1st person on the list, Edward Sapir. Edward Sapir displayed text from http://books. was alive at the same time as Boas. I searched in Google Books Sapir's books google. [Edward Sapir Chinook] to find results proving that he wrote about the showing com/books? Chinook. I searched inside his book "Takelma" and found a discussion of morphology and id=8YzcWe0qOCcC&pg=PA202&dq=edward+sapir+AND+Chinook&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gr3IUJudFojjiwKbuoC4BA&ved=0CDMQ phonetics and morphology. phonetics. http://en.wikipedia. Boas received a doctorate in physics and did his post-doc in geography. Yes - search org/wiki/Franz_BoasSapir received a BA degree in linguistics and an MA in German. Boas results were http://www. taught at Columbia University and Sapir attended Columbia University. double-checked for columbia. both edu/cu/anthropology/about/main/one/boas.html anthropologists http://en.wikipedia. using Wikiepedia org/wiki/Edward_Sapir and Columbia http://www. University's columbia. website. Both edu/cu/anthropology/about/main/one/sapir.html anthropologists were affiliated with Columbia University, so it seemed appropriate to use their website as a viable source. https://www. Franz Boas wrote "The Handbook of American Indian Languages" Yes - his book was google. published and com/search? Google Books pg=PA202&dq=edward+sapir+AND+Chinook&hl=en&q=edward%20sapir%20AND%20Chinook&sa=N&tab=pw#hl=en&tbo=d provided a list of his works. http://books. Edward Sapir wrote two books that discuss phonetics and morphology, Yes - his book was google. "Selected writings of Edward Sapir in Language Culture and Personality" published and com/books? and "Takelma texts" there are several id=8YzcWe0qOCcC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false versions of it on http://books. Google Books. google. com/books? id=HQoTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=author+%22Edward+Sapir%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1LnHUJ6bJuHxiwKIrYCICw& http://scholar. I found several places inside the book where Boas was referenced in Yes - the search google. regard to transpacific displacement. I found a reference to Boas and the led me to verify com/scholar? Harlem Renaissance in the name of the chapter. citations from two hl=en&q=Boas+The+handbook+of+american+indian+languages&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C5&as_sdtp= published books. http://scholar. google. com/scholar? q=transpacific+displacement&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=2005&sciodt=0%2C5&cites=1578635306525627017&scipsc=1 http://books. google. com/books? hl=en&lr=&id=Fu_mh5uhRx0C&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq=transpacific+displacement&ots=yS1bR0UXOE&sig=TpWhXG_4AyFMIF http://scholar. google. com/scholar? q=harlem+renaissance&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=2005&sciodt=0%2C5&cites=1578635306525627017&scipsc=1 http://books. google. com/books? hl=en&lr=&id=oZ0AtDiseJ8C&oi=fnd&pg=PA69&dq=harlem+renaissance&ots=BXisun4HIK&sig=hNDl_MuDBXWElvc6abSoe

Were either of Sapir's books cited in scholarly papers and/or journals regarding transpacific displacement and the harlem renaissance?

searched Google Scholar: "Selected writings of Edward Sapir in Language Culture and Personality" then clicked "cited by" then checked the box for "search within citing articles" and searched the query [transpacific displacement] searched Google Scholar: Selected writings of Edward Sapir in Language Culture and Personality then clicked "cited by" then checked the box for "search within citing articles" and searched the query [harlem renaissance]

http://books. Yes - the book, "Selected writings of Edward Sapir in Language Culture google. and Personality" was cited by an author discussing transpacific com/books? displacement. Also, the search results indicated that the book, hl=en&lr=&id=l0bRpKUV5U4C&oi=fnd&pg=PP11&dq=transpacific+displacement&ots=8m0e_9yZnM&sig=4Gjqp9QJ_Z0cx5X "Selected writings of Edward Sapir in Language Culture and Personality" was cited by an author discussing the Harlem Renaissance. However, it was impossible to verify this information. I clicked on all of the links provided to me by by the search engine and Ctrl-F searched "Sapir". I got no results linking Sapir or a citation of Sapir's work to any of the search results linking his work to the Harlem Renaissance. I concluded that his book was not cited by authors writing about the Harlem Renaissance, emphasizing the importance of double-checking your search results for discrepencies.