R. M. W. Dixon / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (eds.)

The Amazonian Languages

Herausgeber: Aikhenvald, Alexandra; Dixon, R. M. W.; Anderson, S. R.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An overview of one of the richest and most complex linguistic regions in the world, the Amazon Basin.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 476
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 766g
• ISBN-13: 9780521578936
• ISBN-10: 0521578930
• Artikelnr.: 21150688

Inhaltsangabe

List of maps
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Conventions followed
1. Introduction R. M. W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
2. Carib Desmond C. Derbyshire
3. The Arawak language family Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
4. Tupí Aryon D. Rodrigues
5. Tupí-Guaraní Cheryl Jensen
6. Macro-Jê Aryon D. Rodrigues
7. Tucano Janet Barnes
8. Pano Eugene E. Loos
9. Makú Silvana and Valteir Martins
10. Nambiquara Ivan Lowe
11. Arawá R. M. W. Dixon
12. Small language families and isolates in Peru Mary Ruth Wise
13. Other small families and isolates Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and R. M. W. Dixon
14. Areal diffusion and language contact in the Içana-Vaupés basin, north-west Amazonia Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
15. The Upper Xingu as an incipient linguistic area Lucy Seki
Index of authors
Index of languages and language families
Subject index.