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Author : Desmond C. Derbyshire,Geoffrey K. Pullum Publisher : Walter de Gruyter Page : 657 pages File Size : 55,7 Mb Release : 2010-12-14 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines ISBN : 9783110850819
Author : Desmond C. Derbyshire,Geoffrey K. Pullum Publisher : Walter de Gruyter Page : 540 pages File Size : 46,9 Mb Release : 1991 Category : Foreign Language Study ISBN : 3110128365
Handbook of Amazonian Languages by Desmond C. Derbyshire,Geoffrey K. Pullum Pdf
The fourth volume in a series on the languages of Amazonia. This volume includes grammatical descriptions of Wai Wai, Warekena, a comparative survey of morphosyntactic features of the Tupi-Guarani languages, and a paper on interclausal reference phenomena in Amahuaca.
Author : Desmond C. Derbyshire,Geoffrey K. Pullum Publisher : Walter de Gruyter Page : 660 pages File Size : 54,7 Mb Release : 2010-12-14 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines ISBN : 9783110822120
Author : Patience Epps,Lev Michael Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG Page : 920 pages File Size : 52,6 Mb Release : 2023-01-30 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines ISBN : 9783110432848
Language Isolates II: Kanoé to Yurakaré by Patience Epps,Lev Michael Pdf
The series Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science is designed to illuminate a field which not only includes general linguistics and the study of linguistics as applied to specific languages, but also covers those more recent areas which have developed from the increasing body of research into the manifold forms of communicative action and interaction.
Author : Patience Epps,Lev Michael Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG Page : 898 pages File Size : 51,6 Mb Release : 2023-01-30 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines ISBN : 9783110419610
Language Isolates I: Aikanã to Kandozi-Shapra by Patience Epps,Lev Michael Pdf
The series Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science is designed to illuminate a field which not only includes general linguistics and the study of linguistics as applied to specific languages, but also covers those more recent areas which have developed from the increasing body of research into the manifold forms of communicative action and interaction.
Author : Robert M. W. Dixon Publisher : Cambridge University Press Page : 482 pages File Size : 41,7 Mb Release : 1999-09-23 Category : Foreign Language Study ISBN : 0521570212
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 : Desmond C. Derbyshire,Geoffrey K. Pullum Publisher : Walter de Gruyter Page : 496 pages File Size : 44,5 Mb Release : 1986 Category : Foreign Language Study ISBN : 311011495X
Handbook of Amazonian Languages by Desmond C. Derbyshire,Geoffrey K. Pullum Pdf
The fourth volume in a series on the languages of Amazonia. This volume includes grammatical descriptions of Wai Wai, Warekena, a comparative survey of morphosyntactic features of the Tupi-Guarani languages, and a paper on interclausal reference phenomena in Amahuaca.
Languages of the Amazon by Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd,Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald Pdf
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.
Lowland South American languages have been among the least studied ln the world. Consequently, their previous contribution to linguistic theory and language universals has been small. However, as this volume demonstrates, tremendous diversity and significance are found in the languages of this region. These nineteen essays, originally presented at a conference on Amazonian languages held at the University of Oregon, offer new information on the Tupian, Cariban, Jivaroan, Nambiquaran, Arawakan, Tucanoan, and Makuan languages and new analyses of previously recalcitrant Tupí-Guaraní verb agreement systems. The studies are descriptive, but typological and theoretical implications are consistently considered. Authors invariably indicate where previous claims must be adjusted based on the new information presented. This is true in the areas of nonlinear phonological theory, verb agreement systems and ergativity, grammatical relations and incorporation, and the uniqueness of Amazonian noun classification systems. The studies also contribute to the now extensive interest in grammatical change.
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.
The Indigenous Languages of South America by Lyle Campbell,Verónica Grondona Pdf
The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide is a thorough guide to the indigenous languages of this part of the world. With more than a third of the linguistic diversity of the world (in terms of language families and isolates), South American languages contribute new findings in most areas of linguistics. Though formerly one of the linguistically least known areas of the world, extensive descriptive and historical linguistic research in recent years has expanded knowledge greatly. These advances are represented in this volume in indepth treatments by the foremost scholars in the field, with chapters on the history of investigation, language classification, language endangerment, language contact, typology, phonology and phonetics, and on major language families and regions of South America.
On this and other worlds by Kristine Stenzel,Bruna Franchetto Pdf
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.
Author : Simon E. Overall,Rosa Vallejos,Spike Gildea Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company Page : 415 pages File Size : 46,9 Mb Release : 2018-08-15 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines ISBN : 9789027264244
Nonverbal Predication in Amazonian Languages by Simon E. Overall,Rosa Vallejos,Spike Gildea Pdf
This volume explores typological variation within nonverbal predication in Amazonian languages. Using abundant data, generally from original and extensive fieldwork on under-described languages, it presents a far more detailed picture of nonverbal predication constructions than previously published grammatical descriptions. On the one hand, it addresses the fact that current typologies of nonverbal predication are less developed than those of verbal predication; on the other, it provides a wealth of new data and analyses of Amazonian languages, which are still poorly represented in existing typologies. Several contributions offer historical insights, either reconstructing the sources of innovative nonverbal predicate constructions, or describing diachronic pathways by which constructions used for nonverbal predication spread to other functions in the grammar. The introduction provides a modern typological overview, and also proposes a new diachronic typology to explain how distinct types of nonverbal predication arise.
The Languages of the Amazon by Aleksandra ëIìUrʹevna Aæikhenvalʹd,Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd Pdf
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.