Language contact and change in the Americas : studies in honor of Marianne Mithun

Publication/Creation:

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylavania] : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2016

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

Language contact and change in the Americas : studies in honor of Marianne Mithun / edited by Andrea L. Berez-Kroeker, Diane M. Hintz, Carmen Jany

Series Titles:

Studies in Language Companion Series, Volume 173
Studies in language companion series ; Volume 173.

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Additional Author/Creators:

Berez-Kroeker, Andrea L., editor
Hintz, Diane M., editor
Jany, Carmen, 1970-, editor
Mithun, Marianne, honouree

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Historical linguistics--Americans
Linguistic change--History--Americas
Language and languages--Variation--History
Languages in contact--History--Americas

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Language Contact and Change in the Americas; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Foreword; Language contact and change in the Americas; 1. The state of the art: A sketch; 2. The contributions in this book; References; Part I: North America: California; Yuki, Pomoan, Wintun, and Athabaskan; 1. Introduction; 2. Background; 3. Cultural similarities and trade contacts; 4. Linguistic similarities; 4.1 History of language contact in Round Valley; 4.2 Features shared by Yuki and Pomoan; 4.3 Features shared by Yuki with Wintun and Athabaskan; 4.4 Yuki and Wappo; 5. Conclusion
3.4 Allomorphy as a reason to prefer diachronic explanations4. Conclusions; References; Part II: North America: Athabaskan, Iroquoian, and Uto-Aztecan; Contact and semantic shift in extreme language endangerment; 1. Introduction; 2. The Ahtna directionals; 2.1 Morphology of the directionals; 2.2 Semantics of the directional stems; 2.3 Absolute frame of reference and Major River Orientation; 3. The Ahtna region; 4. Riverine directionals in a cardinal world; 4.1 The bilingual fieldwork conditions; 4.2 Hints of contact-induced change
4.3 Evidence of change: 'Upriver' becoming equated with 'north'

Language:

English

Language Note:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (426 p.)

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Description based upon print version of record.

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Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936950271602486