An Areal-typological Study of American Indian Languages North of Mexico

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North-Holland Publishing Company, 1976 - Foreign Language Study - 284 pages

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Contents

a North American Indian
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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a framework
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Copyright

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An Areal-typological Study of American Indian Languages North of Mexico
Joel Sherzer
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Joel Sherzer
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Joel Sherzer
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Algic Algonquian languages alienable/inalienable Apachean Basin Caddoan CENTRAL AREAL TRAIT Chemakuan contact with neighboring culture area Cupeño developed due to contact Eastern Eskimo dialects FAMILY TRAIT following languages fricative fricative series gender genetic glottalized stop glottalized stop series Hokan Hopi inclusive/exclusive INNOVATIVE MARKER Iroquoian languages Keresan Kiowa Kiowa-Tanoan Kwakiutl language families languages of California linguistic area locative-directional markers Lower Chinook Luiseño mark tense-aspect markers in verbs Miwok Nadene nasalized vowels neighboring languages nominal case system Northeast Northwest Coast overtly marked nominal Penutian languages phonemic Plains Plateau Pomo Possessive pronouns marked pronominal dual Reduplication Reduplication signifies REGIONAL AREAL TRAIT result of contact Sahaptin Salishan languages semivowels series and features Siouan languages Southeast Southwest stop series system Subject person markers Tanoan three stop series Tlingit Tonkawa TRAIT of Algonquian TRAIT of Athapaskan Tsimshian Upper Chinook Uto-Aztecan languages voiceless vowels voiceless/glottalized voiceless/voiced vowel system Wakashan Western Subarctic WHOLE AREAL TRAIT Yuchi Yuman

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About the author (1976)

Joel Sherzer is professor of Anthropology and Linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin. He has been carrying out research among the Kuna Indians since 1970. He has written Verbal Art in San Blas: Kuna culture through its discourse, as well as numerous articles dealing with Kuna language, culture, society, and literature.

Bibliographic information

TitleAn Areal-typological Study of American Indian Languages North of Mexico
Volume 20 of North-Holland linguistic series, ISSN 0078-1592
AuthorJoel Sherzer
PublisherNorth-Holland Publishing Company, 1976
Original fromthe University of California
DigitizedMar 22, 2008
ISBN0444109110, 9780444109118
Length284 pages
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Foreign Language Study / Indigenous Languages of the Americas
  
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