The native languages of South America : origins, development, typology / edited by Loretta O'Connor and Pieter Muysken.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Connor, Loretta, editor.

Muysken, Pieter, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of South America--Languages--History.

Indians of South America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 384 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In South America indigenous languages are extremely diverse. There are over one hundred language families in this region alone. Contributors from around the world explore the history and structure of these languages, combining insights from archaeology and genetics with innovative linguistic analysis. The book aims to uncover regional patterns and potential deeper genealogical relations between the languages. Based on a large-scale database of features from sixty languages, the book analyses major language families such as Tupian and Arawakan, as well as the Quechua/Aymara complex in the Andes, the Isthmo-Colombian region and the Andean foothills. It explores the effects of historical change in different grammatical systems and fills gaps in the World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS) database, where South American languages are underrepresented. An important resource for students and researchers interested in linguistics, anthropology and language evolution.

Contents:

Human migrations, dispersals, and contacts in South America / Loretta O'Connor and Vishnupriya Kolipakam

Basic vocabulary comparison in South American languages / Harald Hammarstrom

Structural features and language contact in the Isthmo-Colombian area / Loretta O'Connor

The Andean foothills and adjacent Amazonian fringe / Rik van Gijn

The Andean matrix / Simon van de Kerke and Pieter Muysken

The Arawakan matrix / Love Eriksen and Swintha Danielsen

The Tupian expansion / Love Eriksen and Ana Vilacy Galucio

Language internal and external factors in the development of the desiderative in South American indigenous languages / Neele Mueller

Verbal argument marking patterns in South American languages / Joshua Birchall

The noun phrase: focus on demonstratives, redrawing the semantic map / Olga Krasnoukhova

Subordination strategies in South America: nominalization / Rik van Gijn

The languages of South America: deep families, areal relationships, and language contact / Joshua Birchall, Swintha Danielsen, Love Eriksen, Ana Vilacy Galucio, Rik van Gijn, Harald Hammarstrom, Simon van de Kerke, Vishnupraya Kolipakam, Olga Krasnoukhova, Pieter Muysken, Neele Muller, Loretta O'Connor.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-139-69920-2

1-139-86225-1

1-139-86104-2

1-139-87104-8

1-139-86530-7

1-139-86889-6

1-139-86318-5

1-107-36010-2