Languages Of The Amazon
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Author |
: R. M. W. Dixon |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 482 |
Release |
: 1999-09-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521570212 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521570213 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Amazonian Languages by : R. M. W. Dixon
The Amazon Basin is arguably both one of the least-known and the most complex linguistic regions in the world. It is the home of some 300 languages belonging to around twenty language families, plus more than a dozen genetic isolates, and many of these languages (often incompletely documented and mostly endangered) show properties that constitute exceptions to received ideas about linguistic universals. This book provides an overview in a single volume of this rich and exciting linguistic area. The editors and contributors have sought to make their descriptions as clear and accessible as possible, in order to provide a basis for further research on the structural characteristics of Amazonian languages and their genetic and areal relationships, as well as a point of entry to important cross-linguistic data for the wider constituency of theoretical linguists.
Author |
: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald |
Publisher |
: OUP Oxford |
Total Pages |
: 560 |
Release |
: 2012-05-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199593569 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199593566 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis Languages of the Amazon by : Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
The first guide to Amazonia's over 300 languages compares their features, sets out their characteristics, and describes the cultures of those who speak them. Clearly written and brought vividly to life with anecdotes from the author's fieldwork, this is both an essential reference and an accessible introduction for linguistics and anthropologists.
Author |
: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2012-05-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191007996 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0191007994 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Languages of the Amazon by : Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
This is the first guide and introduction to the extraordinary range of languages in Amazonia, which include some of the most the most fascinating in the world and many of which are now teetering on the edge of extinction. Alexandra Aikhenvald, one of the world's leading experts on the region, provides an account of the more than 300 languages. She sets out their main characteristics, compares their common and unique features, and describes the histories and cultures of the people who speak them. The languages abound in rare features. Most have been in contact with each other for many generations, giving rise to complex patterns of linguistic influence. The author draws on her own extensive field research to tease out and analyse the patterns of their genetic and structural diversity. She shows how these patterns reveal the interrelatedness of language and culture; different kinship systems, for example, have different linguistic correlates. Professor Aikhenvald explains the many unusual features of Amazonian languages, which include evidentials, tones, classifiers, and elaborate positional verbs. She ends the book with a glossary of terms, and a full guide for those readers interested in following up a particular language or linguistic phenomenon. The book is free of esoteric terminology, written in its author's characteristically clear style, and brought vividly to life with numerous accounts of her experience in the region. It may be used as a resource in courses in Latin American studies, Amazonian studies, linguistic typology, and general linguistics, and as reference for linguistic and anthropological research.
Author |
: Stephen Fafulas |
Publisher |
: John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Total Pages |
: 313 |
Release |
: 2020-07-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789027261526 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9027261520 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis Amazonian Spanish by : Stephen Fafulas
Amazonian Spanish: Language contact and evolution explores the unique origins, linguistic features, and geo-political situation of the Spanish that has emerged in the Amazon. While this region boasts much linguistic diversity, many of the indigenous languages found within its limits are now being replaced by Spanish. This situation of language expansion, contact, and bilingualism is reshaping the sociolinguistic landscape of the Amazon by creating a number of Spanish varieties with innovative linguistic features that require closer scholarly attention. The current book documents this situation in detail. The chapters in this volume include work on distinct geographical regions of the Amazon, with primary data collected using different methodologies and language contact situations. The scholars in this volume specialize in an array of fields, including anthropological linguistics, bilingualism, language contact, dialectology, and language acquisition. Their work represents both formal and functional approaches to linguistics.
Author |
: Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 549 |
Release |
: 2012-05-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199593569 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199593566 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis Languages of the Amazon by : Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd
This guide and introduction to the extraordinary range of languages in Amazonia includes some of the most fascinating in the world and many of which are now teetering on the edge of extinction.
Author |
: Desmond C. Derbyshire |
Publisher |
: Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages |
: 660 |
Release |
: 2010-12-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783110822120 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3110822121 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis HANDBOOK AMAZONIAN LANGUAGES by : Desmond C. Derbyshire
No detailed description available for "HANDBOOK AMAZONIAN LANGUAGES".
Author |
: Desmond C. Derbyshire |
Publisher |
: Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages |
: 660 |
Release |
: 1986 |
ISBN-10 |
: 3110102579 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9783110102574 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis Handbook of Amazonian Languages by : Desmond C. Derbyshire
Handbook of Amazonian languages. 1.
Author |
: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2012-05-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191007996 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0191007994 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Languages of the Amazon by : Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
This is the first guide and introduction to the extraordinary range of languages in Amazonia, which include some of the most the most fascinating in the world and many of which are now teetering on the edge of extinction. Alexandra Aikhenvald, one of the world's leading experts on the region, provides an account of the more than 300 languages. She sets out their main characteristics, compares their common and unique features, and describes the histories and cultures of the people who speak them. The languages abound in rare features. Most have been in contact with each other for many generations, giving rise to complex patterns of linguistic influence. The author draws on her own extensive field research to tease out and analyse the patterns of their genetic and structural diversity. She shows how these patterns reveal the interrelatedness of language and culture; different kinship systems, for example, have different linguistic correlates. Professor Aikhenvald explains the many unusual features of Amazonian languages, which include evidentials, tones, classifiers, and elaborate positional verbs. She ends the book with a glossary of terms, and a full guide for those readers interested in following up a particular language or linguistic phenomenon. The book is free of esoteric terminology, written in its author's characteristically clear style, and brought vividly to life with numerous accounts of her experience in the region. It may be used as a resource in courses in Latin American studies, Amazonian studies, linguistic typology, and general linguistics, and as reference for linguistic and anthropological research.
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 368 |
Release |
: 2022-12-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004514645 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9004514643 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis Spanish Diversity in the Amazon by :
Spanish Diversity in the Amazon focusses on Spanish varieties spoken in the Peruvian, Ecuadorean and Colombian Amazon, and this volume is the first of its kind. It introduces studies on theoretical, methodological and descriptive studies on linguistic, typological, ethnographic, and contact linguistics perspectives.
Author |
: Kristine Stenzel |
Publisher |
: Language Science Press |
Total Pages |
: 497 |
Release |
: 2017 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783961100194 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3961100195 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Synopsis On this and other worlds by : Kristine Stenzel
This edited volume offers a collection of twelve interlinear texts reflecting the vast linguistic diversity of Amazonia as well as the rich verbal arts and oral literature traditions of Amazonian peoples. Contributions to the volume come from a variety of geographic regions and represent the Carib, Jê, Tupi, East Tukano, Nadahup, and Pano language families, as well as three linguistic isolates. The selected texts exemplify a variety of narrative styles recounting the origins of constellations, crops, and sacred cemeteries, and of travel to worlds beyond death. We hear tales of tricksters and of encounters between humans and other beings, learn of battles between enemies, and gain insight into history and the indigenous perspective of creation, cordiality and confrontation. The contributions to this volume are the result of research efforts conducted since 2000, and as such, exemplify rapidly expanding investment and interest in documenting native Amazonian voices. They moreover demonstrate the collaborative efforts of linguists, anthropologists, and indigenous leaders, storytellers, and researchers to study and preserve Amazonian languages and cultures. Each chapter offers complete interlinear analysis as well as ample commentary on both linguistic and cultural aspects, appealing to a wide audience, including linguists, historians, anthropologists, and other social scientists. This collection is the first of its type, constituting a significant contribution to focused study of Amazonian linguistic diversity and a relevant addition to our broader knowledge of Amerindian languages and cosmologies.