Amazonian Languages

Klappentext An overview of one of the richest and most complex linguistic regions in the world! the Amazon Basin. Zusammenfassung The Amazon Basin is one of the least-known and most complex linguistic regions in the world. Its 300-plus languages show properties that challenge received ideas about linguistic universals. This book provides an accessible overview of this rich and exciting linguistic area. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of maps; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Conventions followed; 1. Introduction R. M. W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald; 2. Carib Desmond C. Derbyshire; 3. The Arawak language family Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald; 4. Tupí Aryon D. Rodrigues; 5. Tupí-Guaraní Cheryl Jensen; 6. Macro-Jê Aryon D. Rodrigues; 7. Tucano Janet Barnes; 8. Pano Eugene E. Loos; 9. Makú Silvana and Valteir Martins; 10. Nambiquara Ivan Lowe; 11. Arawá 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 Içana-Vaupés basin, north-west Amazonia Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald; 15. The Upper Xingu as an incipient linguistic area Lucy Seki; Index of authors; Index of languages and language families; Subject index.

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• Authors: R. M. W. (La Trobe University Dixon, Robert M. W. Dixon, Robert M. W. Aikhenvald Dixon, Robert M.w. Aikhenvald Dixon
• Assisted by: Alexandra V. Aikhenvald (Editor), Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (Editor), Aikhenvald Alexandra Y. (Editor), S. R. Anderson (Editor), R. M. Dixon (Editor), R. M. W. Dixon (Editor), Dixon R. M. W. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.09.1999
• EAN: 9780521570213
• ISBN: 978-0-521-57021-3
• No. of pages: 476
• Series: Cambridge Language Surveys; Cambridge Language Surveys
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; South America, Historical & comparative linguistics, Central America, Historical and comparative linguistics, Mexico and Central America, South American and Caribbean indigenous languages, South American & Caribbean indigenous languages