The Languages of Native North America (Cambridge Language Surveys)

Mithun, Marianne

ISBN 10: 0521232287 / ISBN 13: 9780521232289

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 1999

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1st edition. Fine book in near fine DJ (slight shelf wear). Crisp, unmarked pages. See photos.

N° de réf. du vendeur 81023MIT

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Languages of Native North America (Cambridge Language Surveys)
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date de parution: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0521232287
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521232289
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition.
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Language
  • Linguistics

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Synopsis

An authoritative and detailed survey of the languages of the North American Indians.

Présentation de l'éditeur

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.