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020 _a9781107360105 (ebook)
020 _z9781107044289 (hardback)
020 _z9781107621312 (paperback)
040 _aUkCbUP
_cUkCbUP
_erda
050 0 0 _aPM5009
_b.N38 2014
082 0 0 _a498
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245 0 4 _aThe Native Languages of South America :
_bOrigins, Development, Typology /
_cEdited by Loretta O'Connor, Pieter Muysken.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2014.
300 _a1 online resource (400 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).
520 _aIn South America indigenous languages are extremely diverse. There are over one hundred language families in this region alone. Contributors from around the world explore the history and structure of these languages, combining insights from archaeology and genetics with innovative linguistic analysis. The book aims to uncover regional patterns and potential deeper genealogical relations between the languages. Based on a large-scale database of features from sixty languages, the book analyses major language families such as Tupian and Arawakan, as well as the Quechua/Aymara complex in the Andes, the Isthmo-Colombian region and the Andean foothills. It explores the effects of historical change in different grammatical systems and fills gaps in the World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS) database, where South American languages are underrepresented. An important resource for students and researchers interested in linguistics, anthropology and language evolution.
700 1 _aO'Connor, Loretta,
_eeditor of compilation.
700 1 _aMuysken, Pieter,
_eeditor of compilation.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107044289
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107360105
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