The Language encounter in the Americas, 1492-1800
Subtitle: a collection of essays
By: edited by Edward G. Gray and Norman Fiering.
Contributors: Gray, Edward G., 1964-; Fiering, Norman.
Series: European expansion and global interaction ;; v. 1
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
Subjects: Languages in contact -- America -- History -- Congresses.; Indians -- Languages -- Congresses.; Communication -- America -- History -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-331) and index.
Papers presented at a conference entitled "Communicating with the Indians: aspects of the language encounter with the indigenous peoples of the Americas, 1492-1800," held Oct. 18-20, 1996, John Carter Brown Library, Providence, R.I.