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The indigenous languages of the Americas : history and classification /

"The Indigenous Languages of the Americas: History and Classification is about the American Indian languages, all the Indigenous languages of the Americas. It takes stock of what is known about the history and classification of these languages and language families. It identifies the gaps in kn...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Campbell, Lyle (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Indians > Languages > History.
Indians > Languages > Classification.
Langues des Peuples autochtones > Histoire.
Linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES.
Historical & Comparative.
Indians > Languages
Language teaching & learning.
Language.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • The Indigenous Languages of the Americas
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Phonetic Symbols
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. Names and Naming
  • 1.3. Terminology
  • 1.4. Loss of Diversity and the Status of Indigenous Languages of the Americas
  • 1.5. Historical Overview of Attempts to Classify the Languages of the Americas
  • 1.6. Origins of the American Indian Languages
  • 1.7. Methods
  • 1.8. Conventions Used in This Book
  • 2. North American Indian Languages North of Mexico
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Classification and History of North American Indian Languages
  • 3. Middle American Languages (Mexico and Central America)
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Classification and History of Middle American Languages
  • 3.2.1. Mesoamerican Languages
  • 3.2.2. Non-​Mesoamerican Language Families of Middle America
  • 3.3. Mesoamerican Linguistic Prehistory
  • 4. Indigenous Languages of South America
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Classification and History of South American Indigenous Languages
  • 4.2.1. Larger Language Families
  • 4.2.2. Small Language Families
  • 4.2.3. Language Isolates
  • 4.3. South American Language Families (Including Language Isolates)
  • 4.4. Wrap-​Up
  • 5. Unclassified and Spurious Languages
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. Unclassified Languages of North America
  • 5.3. Unclassified Languages of Middle America (Mexico and Central America)
  • 5.4. Unclassified Languages of South America
  • 5.5. Phantom, False, and Spurious Languages
  • 5.5.1. Phantom, False, and Spurious Languages of North America
  • 5.5.2. Phantom, False, and Spurious Languages of Middle America
  • 5.5.3. Phantom, False, and Spurious Languages of South America
  • 5.5.4. Other Language Fakes
  • 6. Distant Linguistic Relationships
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Recent Success Stories
  • 6.3. Terms and Methods
  • 6.4. Historical Attempts to Classify the Languages of the Americas: A Case Study
  • 6.5. Proposals of Distant Genetic Relationships
  • 6.5.1. The Hokan Hypothesis
  • 6.5.2. Penutian
  • 6.5.3. Yok-​Utian
  • 6.5.4. Amerind
  • 6.5.5. Dene-​Yeniseian
  • 6.5.6. Mayan-​MixeZoquean
  • 6.5.7. Chitimacha-​Totozoquean
  • 6.5.8. Macro-​Jê Sensu Lato
  • 6.5.9. The Tupían-​Cariban and Tupían-​Cariban-​Jê hypotheses
  • 6.5.10. Macro-​Guaicurúan
  • 6.5.11. Quechumaran
  • Appendix 1: A Closer Look at Greenberg's Macro-​Panoan Hypothesis
  • Appendix 2: List of Distant Genetic Relationship Proposals
  • 7. Linguistic Areas of the Americas
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. North American Linguistic Areas
  • 7.2.1. Northwest Coast Linguistic Area
  • 7.2.2. Northern Northwest Coast Linguistic Area
  • 7.2.3. Plateau Linguistic Area
  • 7.2.4. Northern California Linguistic Area
  • 7.2.5. Northwest California
  • 7.2.6. Clear Lake Linguistic Area
  • 7.2.7. South Coast Range and Greater South Coast Range Linguistic Areas
  • 7.2.8. Central California Linguistic Area