California Indian Languages

"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

“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

"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 of the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages

List of contents

PREFACE
PHONETIC ORTHOGRAPHY

PART ONE Introduction: Defining California as a Sociolinguistic Area
1.1 Diversity 
1.2 Tribelet and Language
1.3 Symbolic Function of California Languages
1.4 Languages and Migration
1.5 Multilingualism
1.6 Language Families and Phyla

PART TWO History of Study

Before Linguistics 
2.1 Earliest Attestations
2.2 Jesuit Missionaries in Baja California 
2.3 Franciscans in Alta California
2.4 Visitors and Collectors, 1780–1880

Linguistic Scholarship 
2.5 Early Research Linguistics, 1865–1900 
2.6 The Kroeber Era, 1900 to World War II
2.7 Independent Scholars, 1900–1940
2.8 Structural Linguists
2.9 The Survey of California (and Other) Indian Languages
2.10 The Contemporary Scene: Continuing Documentation and Research within and beyond the Academy

PART THREE Languages and Language Families

Algic Languages
3.1 California Algic Languages (Ritwan)
3.2 Wiyot
3.3 Yurok

Athabaskan (Na-Dene) Languages 
3.4 The Pacific Coast Athabaskan Languages
3.5 Lower Columbia Athabaskan (Kwalhioqua-Tlatskanai)
3.6 Oregon Athabaskan Languages
3.7 California Athabaskan Languages

Hokan Languages
3.8 The Hokan Phylum
3.9 Karuk 
3.10 Chimariko
3.11 Shastan Languages
3.12 Palaihnihan Languages
3.13 Yana
3.14 Washo
3.15 Pomo Languages
3.16 Esselen
3.17 Salinan
3.18 Yuman Languages
3.19 Cochimí and the Cochimí-Yuman Relationship
3.20 Seri

Penutian Languages
3.21 The Penutian Phylum
3.22 Takelma 
3.23 Klamath-Modoc
3.24 Maiduan Languages
3.25 Wintuan Languages 
3.26 Yokuts
3.27 Miwok Languages 
3.28 Costanoan (Ohlone) Languages
3.29 Utian

Uto-Aztecan Languages
3.30 Uto-Aztecan and Northern Uto-Aztecan
3.31 Numic Languages
3.32 Takic Languages
3.33 Tubatulabal
3.34 Giamina (Omomil)

Languages of Uncertain Affiliation
3.35 Yukian Languages
3.36 Chumash Languages
3.37 Southern Baja California Languages: Monqui, Waikuri, and Pericú

PART FOUR Typological and Areal Features: California as a Linguistic Area

Phonology
4.1 Consonants
4.2 Vowels
4.3 Pitch Accent and Tone

Grammar
4.4 Morphological Processes
4.5 Structural Patterns
4.6 Case Marking
4.7 Marking of Plurality
4.8 Stem Derivation
4.9 Switch Reference

Linguistic Culture
4.10 Numerals
4.11 Names
4.12 Diminutive and Other Expressive Symbolism
4.13 Social and Situational Varieties
4.14 Precontact Lexical Borrowing
4.15 Postcontact Lexical Borrowing

PART FIVE Linguistic Prehistory
5.1 The Oldest Stratum? Waikuri, Chumash, Yukian
5.2 Hokan
5.3 Penutian 
5.4 Uto-Aztecan
5.5 Algic 
5.6 Athabaskan

APPENDIX A. C. HART MERRIAM'S VOCABULARIES AND NATURAL HISTORY WORD LISTS FOR CALIFORNIA INDIAN LANGUAGES
APPENDIX B. MATERIALS ON CALIFORNIA INDIAN LANGUAGES IN THE PAPERS OF JOHN PEABODY HARRINGTON
APPENDIX C. PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION SYSTEMS WIDELY USED IN CALIFORNIA INDIAN LANGUAGE MATERIALS
APPENDIX D. BASIC NUMERALS IN SELECTED CALIFORNIA LANGUAGES
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

About the author

Victor Golla, a leading expert on the native languages of California, is Professor of Anthropology at Humboldt State University. He is the editor of The Sapir-Kroeber Correspondence: Letters Between Edward Sapir and Alfred Kroeber, 1905–1925 and of several volumes of The Collected Works of Edward Sapir.

Product details

• Authors: Victor Golla, Golla Victor
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9780520389670
• ISBN: 978-0-520-38967-0
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Linguistics, California, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, North & Central American indigenous languages, North and Central American indigenous languages