Language contact and change in the Americas : studies in honor of Marianne Mithun / edited by Andrea L. Berez-Kroeker, Diane M. Hintz, Carmen Jany.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berez-Kroeker, Andrea L., editor.

Hintz, Diane M., editor.

Jany, Carmen, 1970- editor.

Mithun, Marianne, honouree.

Series:

Studies in language companion series ; v. 173.

Studies in Language Companion Series, 0165-7763 ; volume 173

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Languages in contact--America--History.

Languages in contact.

Language and languages--Variation--History.

Language and languages.

Linguistic change--America--History.

Linguistic change.

Historical linguistics--Americans.

Historical linguistics.

Americans.

History.

Language and languages--Variation.

America.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

viii, 416 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2016]

Contents:

1 Foreword p. vii

2 Language contact and change in the Americas p. 1 / Sarah G. Thomason

3 Part I North America: California

4 Yuki, Pomoan, Wintun, and Athabaskan p. 15 / Uldis Balodis

5 The role of passives in the formation of hierarchical systems in Northern California p. 33 / Carmen Jany

6 Assessing the effects of language contact on Northeastern Pomo p. 67 / Neil Alexander Walker

7 Synchronic and diachronic accounts of phonological features in Central Chumash languages p. 91 / Timothy P. Henry

8 Part II North America: Athabaskan, Iroquoian, and Uto-Aztecan

9 Contact and semantic shift in extreme language endangerment p. 105 / Andrea L. Berez-Kroeker

10 "Excorporation" in a Dene (Athabaskan) language p. 139 / Keren Rice

11 Contact and change in Oneida p. 167 / Clifford Abbott

12 Huron/Wendat interactions with the Seneca language p. 189 / Megan Lukaniec; Wallace Chafe

13 The usual suspects p. 219 / T. Givón

14 Part III Northern Mexico, Mesoamerica, and South America

15 Language documentation and historical linguistics p. 247 / Lyle Campbell

16 The Jakaltek Popti' noun classifier system p. 273 / Colette Grinevald

17 Language contact and word structure p. 297 / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald

18 Auxiliation and typological shift p. 315 / Daniel J. Hintz

19 Discourse pattern replication in South Conchucos Quechua and Andean Spanish p. 339 / Diane M. Hintz

20 Part IV The Americas and beyond

21 Measuring language typicality, with special reference to the Americas p. 363 / Bernard Comrie

22 Words for 'dog' as a diagnostic of language contact in the Americas p. 385 / Matthias Pache; Søren Wichmann; Mikhail Zhivlov

23 Index p. 411.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Language contact and change in the Americas.

ISBN:

9789027259387

9027259380

OCLC:

933520603