Piros and prehistory : a study in Tanoan / David Leedom Shaul.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaul, David Leedom, author.

Language:

English

North American Indian (Other)

Subjects (All):

Piro (Tanoan) language.

Piro Pueblo Indians--Languages.

Piro Pueblo Indians.

Tanoan languages--Grammar, Comparative.

Tanoan languages.

Tanoan languages--Phonology, Comparative.

New Mexico--Languages.

New Mexico.

Physical Description:

xi, 322 pages : map ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2024]

Language Note:

Text in English and Piro.

Summary:

"In Piros and Prehistory, David Leedom Shaul turns his attention to the Piro language, once spoken by the people of the Piro pueblos in New Mexico but extinct since approximately the year 1900. While arguments have been made in favor of Piro belonging to the Tiwa branch of the Tanoan family, Shaul counters this classification with a detailed rebuttal, firmly establishing Piro within the Tanoan family but outside of the Tiwa branch. Shaul's arguments use linguistic analyses coupled with historic and prehistoric records of migration and cultural interaction. Following the establishment of Piro as a Tanoan language, much of the linguistic analysis involves determination of the aspects of Piro that were inherited from the earlier Proto-Tanoan versus those aspects that were incorporated later as a result of borrowing from other languages in the context of interaction. This book lays out the linguistic argument that the similarities between Piro and Tiwan languages result from borrowing, not common ancestry, and it provides a record of contact between groups and likely linguistic borrowing and evolution based on these movements"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Tanoan languages and the Piro language

Piro as a Tanoan language

Piro not as a Tiwan language

The Tanoan homeland

The Tanoan dialect chain

Piro in the context of Tanoan

Piro and contact with non-Tanoan languages : the Jornada linguistic area

The Pecos component in Tanoan and Southwestern prehistory

Piro linguistic prehistory : reprise

A linguistic sketch of Piro

The Lord's prayer in Piro

A Piro lexicon

English-Piro index

Tanoan cognate sets and Tanoan segmental.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Lord's prayer. Piro (Tanoan)

ISBN:

9781647691585

1647691583

OCLC:

1412499550

Publisher Number:

90101091251