Author: Catherine A. Callaghan
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520099524
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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Author: Catherine A. Callaghan
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520097124
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 412

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Author: Catherine Callaghan
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110276771
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 539

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This book is the result of over 50 years of research, and it represents an intellectual journey. It is maximally accessible by tabulating the data and inserting frequent cross-references. Dictionary entries are in the alphabetical order of the deepest reconstruction in the set, and there is an English-Utian section at the end of the volume. Yokuts (or Proto Yokuts) is also inserted where there is a resemblance. This strategy is especially helpful for those who wish to use the volume for remote comparison. In this manner, it can serve as a reference book for seminars on non-traditional languages. The volume is also of interest to theoreticians because Utian languages exhibit features that are rare worldwide.

Author: Marianne Mithun
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521298759
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 800

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This book provides an authoritative survey of the several hundred languages indigenous to North America. These languages show tremendous genetic and typological diversity, and offer numerous challenges to current linguistic theory. Part I of the book provides an overview of structural features of particular interest, concentrating on those that are cross-linguistically unusual or unusually well developed. These include syllable structure, vowel and consonant harmony, tone, and sound symbolism; polysynthesis, the nature of roots and affixes, incorporation, and morpheme order; case; grammatical distinctions of number, gender, shape, control, location, means, manner, time, empathy, and evidence; and distinctions between nouns and verbs, predicates and arguments, and simple and complex sentences; and special speech styles. Part II catalogues the languages by family, listing the location of each language, its genetic affiliation, number of speakers, major published literature, and structural highlights. Finally, there is a catalogue of languages that have evolved in contact situations.

Author: William Frawley
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520229969
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 466

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A collection of essays about the theory and practice of Native American lexicography, and more specifically the making of dictionaries, by some of the top scholars working in Native American language studies.

Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
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Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1640

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Author: Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Publisher:
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Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1596

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Author: Library of Congress. Office for Subject Cataloging Policy
Publisher:
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Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1698

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Author: Jane H. Hill
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110811154
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 533

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TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.

Author: Library of Congress. Subject Cataloging Division
Publisher:
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Category : Subject headings
Languages : en
Pages : 1546

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