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The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide is a thorough guide to the indigenous languages of this part of the world. With more than a third of the linguistic diversity of the world (in terms of language families and isolates), South American languages contribute new findings i...
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De Gruyter Mouton,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin ;Boston : |
| Publication Dates: | [2012] |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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The world of linguistics ;
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| Summary: |
The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide is a thorough guide to the indigenous languages of this part of the world. With more than a third of the linguistic diversity of the world (in terms of language families and isolates), South American languages contribute new findings in most areas of linguistics. Though formerly one of the linguistically least known areas of the world, extensive descriptive and historical linguistic research in recent years has expanded knowledge greatly. These advances are represented in this volume in indepth treatments by the foremost scholars in the field, with chapters on the history of investigation, language classification, language endangerment, language contact, typology, phonology and phonetics, and on major language families and regions of South America. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (761 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9783110258035（electronic bk.） |
| Index Number: | PM5008 |
| CLC: | H83 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Historical overview: Descriptive and comparative research on South American Indian languages -- Classification of the indigenous languages of South America -- Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking -- Contacts between indigenous languages in South America -- Typological characteristics of South American indigenous languages -- The phonetics and phonology of South American languages -- Chibchan languages -- Linguistic studies in the Cariban family -- Tup an -- Languages of the Middle Andes in areal-typological perspective: Emphasis on Quechuan and Aymaran -- Languages of the Chaco and Southern Cone -- Index |