Handbook of American Indian Languages
Author | : Franz Boas |
Publisher | : Sagwan Press |
Total Pages | : 920 |
Release | : 2018-02-08 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9781377147338 |
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Introduction to Handbook of American Indian Languages
Author | : Franz Boas |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9780803250178 |
Two major anthropological works study the roots, structure, and classification of Indian languages.
The Languages of Native North America
Author | : Marianne Mithun |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 800 |
Release | : 2001-06-07 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 1107392802 |
This book provides an authoritative survey of the several hundred languages indigenous to North America. These languages show tremendous genetic and typological diversity, and offer numerous challenges to current linguistic theory. Part I of the book provides an overview of structural features of particular interest, concentrating on those that are cross-linguistically unusual or unusually well developed. These include syllable structure, vowel and consonant harmony, tone, and sound symbolism; polysynthesis, the nature of roots and affixes, incorporation, and morpheme order; case; grammatical distinctions of number, gender, shape, control, location, means, manner, time, empathy, and evidence; and distinctions between nouns and verbs, predicates and arguments, and simple and complex sentences; and special speech styles. Part II catalogues the languages by family, listing the location of each language, its genetic affiliation, number of speakers, major published literature, and structural highlights. Finally, there is a catalogue of languages that have evolved in contact situations.
American Indian Languages
Author | : Lyle Campbell |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 527 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : America |
ISBN | : 0195140508 |
Native American languages are spoken from Siberia to Greenland. Campbell's project is to take stock of what is known about the history of Native American languages and in the process examine the state of American Indian historical linguistics.
Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico
Author | : Frederick Webb Hodge |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1000 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Indians of North America |
ISBN | : |
Handbook of the Indians of California
Author | : Alfred Louis Kroeber |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 1124 |
Release | : 1976-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0486233685 |
A major ethnographic work by a distinguished anthropologist contains detailed information on the social structures, homes, foods, crafts, religious beliefs, and folkways of California's diverse tribes
The Cambridge Handbook of Areal Linguistics
Author | : Raymond Hickey |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 1687 |
Release | : 2017-04-20 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1316839451 |
Providing a contemporary and comprehensive look at the topical area of areal linguistics, this book looks systematically at different regions of the world whilst presenting a focussed and informed overview of the theory behind research into areal linguistics and language contact. The topicality of areal linguistics is thoroughly documented by a wealth of case studies from all major regions of the world and, with chapters from scholars with a broad spectrum of language expertise, it offers insights into the mechanisms of external language change. With no book currently like this on the market, The Cambridge Handbook of Areal Linguistics will be welcomed by students and scholars working on the history of language families, documentation and classification, and will help readers to understand the key area of areal linguistics within a broader linguistic context.
Handbook of American Indian Languages
Author | : Franz Boas |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 915 |
Release | : 2013-08-29 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 1108063446 |
Includes chapters on Athapascan, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Kwakiutl, Eskimo and Chukchee.