The Languages and Linguistics of Mexico and Northern Central America - A Comprehensive Guide

The handbook provides a thorough survey of the languages pertaining to the Mesoamerican culture region, including a wealth of new research on synchronic structures and historical linguistics of lesser known languages, also including sign languages. The volume moreover features overviews of recent research on topics such as language acquisition and the expression of spatial orientation across languages of the region.

About the author

Søren Wichmann, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.

Summary

The handbook provides a thorough survey of the languages pertaining to the Mesoamerican culture region, including a wealth of new research on synchronic structures and historical linguistics of lesser known languages, also including sign languages. The volume moreover features overviews of recent research on topics such as language acquisition and the expression of spatial orientation across languages of the region.

Product details

• Assisted by: Søre Wichmann (Editor), Sören Wichmann (Editor), Søren Wichmann (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2024
• EAN: 9783110426076
• ISBN: 978-3-11-042607-6
• No. of pages: 920
• Dimensions: 182 mm x 50 mm x 247 mm
• Weight: 1643 g
• Illustrations: 44 b/w and 17 col. ill., 228 b/w tbl.
• Series: The World of Linguistics; The World of Linguistics; The World of Linguistics [WOL]
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik, Mittelamerika, Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik, Linguistics, Zentralamerika, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Südamerikanische und Karibische Indigene Sprachen, Amerika (Erdteil) / Mittelamerika, Maya-Sprachen, Uto-Aztekische Sprachen, language typology, Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Oto-mangueanische Sprachen, Northern Central America and Mexico