Linguistic Stratigraphy [electronic resource] : Recovering Traces of Lost Languages in the Central Andes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Urban, Matthias.

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (154 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2023.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgments

Contents

About the Author

1 Linguistic Stratigraphy, Or How to Recover Traces of Lost Languages

References

2 The Central Andean Linguistic Landscape Through Time and the Quechuan Language Family

2.1 The Ever-Changing Cultural and Linguistic Landscapes of the Central Andes

2.2 Quechuan Today

2.3 The Classification of Quechuan

2.4 The Quechuan Expansion

2.5 The Non-Quechuan Linguistic Diversity

3 Evidence and Methods for Investigating Substratal Languages

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Toponyms and Anthroponyms

3.3 Substrate Influence

3.4 Substrate Vocabulary

3.5 Extralinguistic Evidence

3.6 Summary

4 The Aymara Presence in Southern Peru

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Toponymy

4.3 Substrate Effects

4.4 Substrate Vocabulary

4.5 Perspectives from Outside Linguistics

4.6 Summary

5 The Barbacoan Languages and the Southern Ecuadorian Highlands

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Toponymy

5.2.1 Characteristic Toponymy of Cañar and Azuay

5.2.2 Continuous Northward Extensions of Cañar and Azuay Toponymic Endings

5.2.3 Noncontinuous Northward Extensions of Cañar and Azuay Toponymic Endings to the Ecuadorian-Colombian Border

5.2.4 Northward Extensions of Phonological Characteristics of Cañar and Azuay Toponyms

5.2.5 Evaluation of the Toponymic Evidence

5.3 Substrate Effects

5.4 Substrate Vocabulary

5.5 Summary

6 Chachapoyas

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Toponymy

6.3 Substrate Effects

6.4 Substrate Vocabulary

6.5 Perspectives from Outside Linguistics

6.6 Summary

7 Synopsis and Conclusion

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Other Format:

Print version: Urban, Matthias Linguistic Stratigraphy

ISBN:

9783031421020

3031421027

OCLC:

1411308324

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.