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Edward Sapir, an Uncommon card
Edward Sapir was an American anthropologist-linguist, and one of the most important figures in the development of the discipline of linguistics in the United States.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 150
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 34,000
Power 150 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Edward Sapir quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Edward Sapir card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
While finishing his Ph.D. he went to California to work with Alfred Kroeber documenting the ______ languages there.
Answer
indigenous. While finishing his Ph.D. he went to California to work with Alfred Kroeber documenting the indigenous languages there. From the Edward Sapir article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Derek Warwick. Derek Warwick 80 · Edward Sapir 77 · Comet Hyakutake 73 · Copper(II) chloride 69 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Copper(II) chloride. Copper(II) chloride 45,000 · Edward Sapir 34,000 · Henry Hazlitt 27,000 · Rudolf Rocker 17,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Born in German Pomerania, in what is now northern Poland, his family emigrated to the United States of America when he was a child.
- He studied Germanic linguistics at Columbia, where he came under the influence of Franz Boas, who inspired him to work on Native American languages.
- While finishing his Ph.D. he went to California to work with Alfred Kroeber documenting the indigenous languages there.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Edward Sapir article was read about 34,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 73: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Edward Sapir
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Edward Sapir (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : unnkown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
