The Languages of Native North America (Cambridge Language Surveys)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 28, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 795
ISBN-13: 9780521232289
Subjects: Language family studies; Native American Languages; Foreign Language Study; Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase Books; American Indigenous Languages; North & Central American indigenous languages; Language; USA; General; Foreign Language Study / General; Indians of North America--Languages; Outlet; Indians of North America; Languages
Description: "This book provides an authoritative survey of the several hundred languages indigenous to North America. These languages show tremendous genetic and typological diversity, and offer abundant opportunities for expanding our understanding of the shapes that human language can take. Part I of the book provides an overview of structural features of particular interest, concentrating on those that are cross-linguistically unusual or unusually well developed. Part II catalogues the languages by family, detailing genetic relationships, the locations and numbers of speakers, major published literature, and structural highlights. Included are languages that have arisen in contact situations: pidgins, creoles, and mixed languages."--Jacket.