Author: Marianne Mithun
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107392802
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
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.
The Languages of Native North America
Author: Marianne Mithun
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107392802
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107392802
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
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.
Proof-sheets of a Bibliography of the Languages of the North American Indians
Author: James Constantine Pilling
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 1238
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 1238
Book Description
Proof-sheets of a Bibliography of the Languages of the North American Indians
Author: James Constantine Pilling
Publisher: Brooklyn, N.Y. : Central Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 1135
Book Description
Publisher: Brooklyn, N.Y. : Central Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 1135
Book Description
Bibliographies of the Languages of the North American Indians
Author: James Constantine Pilling
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780404073909
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780404073909
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Languages of Native North America
Author: Marianne Mithun
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521298759
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521298759
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
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.
Bibliographies of the Languages of the North American Indians
Author: James Constantine Pilling
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
PROOF-SHEETS OF A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LANGUAGES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS (CLASSIC REPRINT).
Author: JAMES CONSTANTINE. PILLING
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781390310733
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781390310733
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Bibliographies of the Languages of the North American Indians
Author: James Constantine Pilling
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780404073923
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780404073923
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Bibliographies of the Languages of the North American Indians: pt. 1. Eskimos. pt. 2. Siouan. pt. 3. Iroquoian. pt. 4. Muskhogean
Author: James Constantine Pilling
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Bibliographies of the Languages of the North American Indians: pt. 6. Athapascan. pt. 7. Chinookan. pt. 8. Salishan. pt. 9. Wakashan
Author: James Constantine Pilling
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description