The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 3110255138 ISBN 13 : 9783110255133

Editeur : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012

Synopsis

The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide is a thorough guide to the indigenous languages of this part of the world. With more than a third of the linguistic diversity of the world (in terms of language families and isolates), South American languages contribute new findings in most areas of linguistics. Though formerly one of the linguistically least known areas of the world, extensive descriptive and historical linguistic research in recent years has expanded knowledge greatly. These advances are represented in this volume in indepth treatments by the foremost scholars in the field, with chapters on the history of investigation, language classification, language endangerment, language contact, typology, phonology and phonetics, and on major language families and regions of South America.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Lyle Campbell, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA;Verónica Grondona, Eastern Michigan University, USA.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: De Gruyter Mouton
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3110255138
• ISBN 13: 9783110255133
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 761
• Éditeur: Campbell Lyle, Grondona Verónica
• Coordonnées du fabricant: productsafety@degruyterbrill.com; productsafety@degruyterbrill.com; ; Theaterstraße 13; Göttingen; 37073; Allemagne