ABSTRACT
Gladys Reichard’s insistent position that a human language is ‘a living, cultural phenomenon,’ with complex interactions across such structural components as phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics, and variations of form and usage across speakers, styles, and situations set her apart from many of the linguists of her time. Throughout her career she was well aware of the differences between her own views and interests and those of other researchers, in particular Edward Sapir and, later, his students, and she employed a variety of strategies to deal with the attendant controversies.
