The indigenous languages of the Americas : history and classification / Lyle Campbell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Lyle, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--America--Languages--History.

Indigenous peoples.

Indigenous peoples--America--Languages--Classification.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 605 pages) : maps (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

'The Indigenous Languages of the Americas' is a comprehensive assessment of what is known about their history and classification. It identifies gaps in knowledge and resolves controversial issues while making new contributions of its own. The book deals with the major themes involving these languages: classification and history of the Indigenous languages of the Americas; issues involving language names; origins of the languages of the New World; unclassified and spurious languages; hypotheses of distant linguistic relationships; linguistic areas; contact languages (pidgins, lingua francas, mixed languages); and loanwords and neologisms.

Contents:

Preface

Phonetic Symbols

1. Introduction

2. North American Indian Languages North of Mexico – 3. Middle American Languages (Mexico and Central America)

4. Indigenous Languages of South America

5. Unclassified and Spurious Languages

6. Distant Linguistic Relationships

7. Linguistic Areas of the Americas

8. Contact Languages

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 2, 2024).

ISBN:

0-19-767349-X

0-19-767347-3

0-19-767348-1

OCLC:

1428467741