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Título:The Indigenous Languages of the Americas
Subtítulo:History and Classification
Autor/a:Campbell, Lyle
Año de publicación:2024
Lugar de edición:Oxford (UK)
Editorial:Oxford University Press
Descripción

Overview


 


- Includes a comprehensive history of American Indian languages


- Provides up to date classification of all the Indigenous languages of the Americas


- Offers resolution of several controversial issues, as well as new contributions of its own regarding hypotheses of language relatedness, language contact, linguistic areas, and unclassified languages


 


Description


 


The Indigenous Languages of the Americas takes stock of what is known about the history and classification of these languages and language families. It identifies the gaps in knowledge and puts them into perspective, and it assesses differences of opinion. It also resolves some issues and makes new contributions of its own.

The nine chapters of the book deal incisively with the major themes involving these languages: the classification and history of the Indigenous languages of North American, Middle American (Mexico and Central America), and South American; difficulties involving names of the languages; origins of the languages of the New World; unclassified, phantom, fake, and spurious languages in the Americas; recent hypotheses of remote linguistic relationships; the linguistic areas of the Americas; contact languages, including pidgins, lingua francas, and mixed languages; and loanwords and other new words in the native languages of the Americas.


 


Author information


 


Lyle Campbell is Professor Emeritus at the University of Hawai'i Manoa.

Temática:Lenguas indígenas o de fuerte tradición oral y/o transmisión comunitaria, Tipología
Índice

Preface



Acknowledgements


Phonetic symbols


Abbreviations


 


Chapter 1. Introduction


 


Chapter 2. North American Indian Languages North of Mexico


 


Chapter 3. Middle American languages (Mexico and Central America)


 


Chapter 4. Indigenous Languages of South American


 


Chapter 5. Unclassified and Spurious Languages


 


Chapter 6. Distant Linguistic Relationships


 


Chapter 7. Linguistic Areas of the Americas


 


Chapter 8. Contact Languages


 


Chapter 9. Loanwords and other New Words in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas


 


References

Formato:libro impreso
Págs.:624
ISBN-13:9780197673461
Precio: 105,00 EUR
Remitente:Infoling
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Fecha de publicación en Infoling:10 de septiembre de 2024