The Languages Of Native North America
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Author |
: Marianne Mithun |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 800 |
Release |
: 2001-06-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107392809 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107392802 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Languages of Native North America by : Marianne Mithun
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.
Author |
: Carmen Dagostino |
Publisher |
: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages |
: 769 |
Release |
: 2023-09-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783110600926 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3110600927 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Languages and Linguistics of Indigenous North America by : Carmen Dagostino
This handbook provides broad coverage of the languages indigenous to North America, with special focus on typologically interesting features and areal characteristics, surveys of current work, and topics of particular importance to communities. The volume is divided into two major parts: subfields of linguistics and family sketches. The subfields include those that are customarily addressed in discussions of North American languages (sounds and sound structure, words, sentences), as well as many that have received somewhat less attention until recently (tone, prosody, sociolinguistic variation, directives, information structure, discourse, meaning, language over space and time, conversation structure, evidentiality, pragmatics, verbal art, first and second language acquisition, archives, evolving notions of fieldwork). Family sketches cover major language families and isolates and highlight topics of special value to communities engaged in work on language maintenance, documentation, and revitalization.
Author |
: Lyle Campbell |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 527 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780195140507 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0195140508 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Indian Languages by : Lyle Campbell
Native American languages are spoken from Siberia to Greenland. Campbell's project is to take stock of what is known about the history of Native American languages and in the process examine the state of American Indian historical linguistics.
Author |
: Raymond Hickey |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 1687 |
Release |
: 2017-04-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781316839454 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1316839451 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cambridge Handbook of Areal Linguistics by : Raymond Hickey
Providing a contemporary and comprehensive look at the topical area of areal linguistics, this book looks systematically at different regions of the world whilst presenting a focussed and informed overview of the theory behind research into areal linguistics and language contact. The topicality of areal linguistics is thoroughly documented by a wealth of case studies from all major regions of the world and, with chapters from scholars with a broad spectrum of language expertise, it offers insights into the mechanisms of external language change. With no book currently like this on the market, The Cambridge Handbook of Areal Linguistics will be welcomed by students and scholars working on the history of language families, documentation and classification, and will help readers to understand the key area of areal linguistics within a broader linguistic context.
Author |
: Daniel Siddiqi |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 839 |
Release |
: 2019-09-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351810265 |
ISBN-13 |
: 135181026X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Routledge Handbook of North American Languages by : Daniel Siddiqi
The Routledge Handbook of North American Languages is a one-stop reference for linguists on those topics that come up the most frequently in the study of the languages of North America (including Mexico). This handbook compiles a list of contributors from across many different theories and at different stages of their careers, all of whom are well-known experts in North American languages. The volume comprises two distinct parts: the first surveys some of the phenomena most frequently discussed in the study of North American languages, and the second surveys some of the most frequently discussed language families of North America. The consistent goal of each contribution is to couch the content of the chapter in contemporary theory so that the information is maximally relevant and accessible for a wide range of audiences, including graduate students and young new scholars, and even senior scholars who are looking for a crash course in the topics. Empirically driven chapters provide fundamental knowledge needed to participate in contemporary theoretical discussions of these languages, making this handbook an indispensable resource for linguistics scholars.
Author |
: Teresa L. McCarty |
Publisher |
: Multilingual Matters |
Total Pages |
: 297 |
Release |
: 2013-02-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781847698650 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1847698654 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Language Planning and Policy in Native America by : Teresa L. McCarty
Comprehensive in scope and rich in detail, this book explores language planning, language education, and language policy for diverse Native American peoples across time, space, and place. Based on long-term collaborative and ethnographic work with Native American communities and schools, the book examines the imposition of colonial language policies against the fluorescence of contemporary community-driven efforts to revitalize threatened mother tongues. Here, readers will meet those who are on the frontlines of Native American language revitalization every day. As their efforts show, even languages whose last native speaker is gone can be reclaimed through family-, community-, and school-based language planning. Offering a critical-theory view of language policy, and emphasizing Indigenous sovereignties and the perspectives of revitalizers themselves, the book shows how language regenesis is undertaken in social practice, the role of youth in language reclamation, the challenges posed by dominant language policies, and the prospects for Indigenous language and culture continuance current revitalization efforts hold.
Author |
: Victor Golla |
Publisher |
: Univ of California Press |
Total Pages |
: 395 |
Release |
: 2011-09-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780520266674 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0520266676 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis California Indian Languages by : Victor Golla
"Victor Golla has been the leading scholar of California Indian languages for most of his professional life, and this book shows why. His ability to synthesize centuries of fieldwork and writings while bringing forward new ideas and fresh ways of looking at California’s famous linguistic diversity will make this the primary text for anyone interested in California languages."--Leanne Hinton, Professor Emerita of Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley and author of How to Keep Your Language Alive “This book is a wonderful contribution that only Golla could have written. It is a perfect confluence of author and subject matter.”--Ives Goddard, Senior Linguist, Emeritus, Smithsonian Institution "Golla is a gifted polymath and California Indian Languages is certainly his landmark achievement, required reading for any linguist, archaeologist, ethnographer, or historian interested in aboriginal California."--Robert L. Bettinger, Professor of Anthropology, University of California Davis and author of Hunter-Gatherer Foraging "The preeminent figure in his field, Victor Golla has written a masterpiece filled with treasures for every audience: Indian communities working toward cultural and linguistic revival; general readers interested in the many cultures of Native California; and scholars in the fields of language, archaeology, and prehistory. The information here is so detailed that it supersedes all previous reference works."--Andrew Garrett, Professor of Linguistics, University of California Berkeley and Director, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages “This is a truly magnificent work, at once authoritative, comprehensive, accessible to a wide readership, and fascinating. Masterfully integrating linguistic, archaeological, historical, and cultural information, the author describes not just the languages, but also the major figures in the story: speakers, explorers, missionaries, and scholars. It is beautifully written, a great pleasure to read, and difficult to put down."--Marianne Mithun, author of The Languages of Native North America
Author |
: Ives Goddard |
Publisher |
: American Philosophical Society |
Total Pages |
: 580 |
Release |
: 1988 |
ISBN-10 |
: 087169185X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780871691859 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (5X Downloads) |
Synopsis Native Writings in Massachusett by : Ives Goddard
An edition of all known manuscript writings in the Massachusetts language by native speakers. Basic linguistic, historical, and ethnographic analyses are included. Massachusetts is an extinct Eastern Algonquian language spoken aboriginally and in the Colonial period in what is now southeastern Massachusetts. The Indians speaking this language are those referred to as the Massachusetts, the Wampanoags (or Pokanokets), and the Nausets, who inhabited the region encompassing the immediate Boston area and the area east of Narragansett Bay, incl. Cape Cod, the Elizabeth Isl., Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket. Illus. with original documents. In two volumes.
Author |
: Bernard Bailyn |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 642 |
Release |
: 2013-08-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780375703461 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0375703462 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Barbarous Years by : Bernard Bailyn
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize A compelling, fresh account of the first great transit of people from Britain, Europe, and Africa to British North America, their involvements with each other, and their struggles with the indigenous peoples of the eastern seaboard. The immigrants were a mixed multitude. They came from England, the Netherlands, the German and Italian states, France, Africa, Sweden, and Finland, and they moved to the western hemisphere for different reasons, from different social backgrounds and cultures. They represented a spectrum of religious attachments. In the early years, their stories are not mainly of triumph but of confusion, failure, violence, and the loss of civility as they sought to normalize situations and recapture lost worlds. It was a thoroughly brutal encounter—not only between the Europeans and native peoples and between Europeans and Africans, but among Europeans themselves, as they sought to control and prosper in the new configurations of life that were emerging around them.
Author |
: Marianne Mithun |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 800 |
Release |
: 2001-06-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 052129875X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521298759 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (5X Downloads) |
Synopsis The Languages of Native North America by : Marianne Mithun
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.