The Origin and Diversification of Language |
Contents
On the Trail of Discovery | 1 |
Language in Space and Time | 8 |
Modern World Languages | 43 |
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The Origin and Diversification of Language Morris Swadesh,Joel F. Sherzer,Dell Hymes No preview available - 1971 |
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American Indian Languages American Linguistics animal Anthropology Arabic aspiration basic Bella Coola Bloomfield Boas borrowing centuries Chinese classic Coeur d'Alene cognates common origin common period Comox comparative linguistics consonants cultural derived dialects divergence Edward Sapir elements English evidence example expressions fact Fula German glottal glottochronology grammatical Greek human Hymes imitative Indo-European Indo-European languages infer inflection International Journal intuitive Journal of American Kalispel Kwakiutl labial Latin lexemes lexical lexicostatistic meaning Mexico million modern Morris Morris Swadesh Nacional Nahuatl nasal Nootka nouns pattern Penutian phonemes phonological plural possible prefixes prehistory problem reconstruction reduplication relationship root Sahaptin Salish Sanskrit Sapir scholars semantic Semitic similar sounds Spanish species speech spoken stop structure suffixes Swadesh symbolism Takelma Tarasco thousand Totonac tradition variants various velar verbs vocabulary vocal Voegelin voiced voiceless vowel alternation Wakashan words writing Yokuts