The Amazonian languages / edited by R.M.W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
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- 353253
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- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999
- xxviii, 446 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0521570212 (cased) (hardback)
- 0521578930 (paperback)
- Series:
- Cambridge language surveys.
- Summary:
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"The Amazon Basin is arguably both the least-known and the most complex linguistic region in the world today. It is the home of some 300 languages belonging to around 20 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 is the first to provide 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."--BOOK JACKET.
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- 1. Introduction / R. M. W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
- 2. Carib / Desmond C. Derbyshire
- 3. The Arawak language family / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
- 4. Tupi / Aryon D. Rodrigues
- 5. Tupi-Guarani / Cheryl Jensen
- 6. Macro-Je / Aryon D. Rodrigues
- 7. Tucano / Janet Barnes
- 8. Pano / Eugene E. Locs
- 9. Maku / Silvana Martins and Valteir Martins
- 10. Nambiquara / Ivan Lowe
- 11. Arawa / R. M. W. Dixon
- 12. Small language families and isolates in Peru / Mary Ruth Wise
- 13. Other small families and isolates / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and R. M. W. Dixon
- 14. Areal diffusion and language contact in the Icana-Vaupes basin, north-west Amazonia / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
- 15. The Upper Xingu as an incipient linguistic area / Lucy Seki.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Subject:
- Indians of South America -- Amazon River Region -- Languages
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