02168nam a22003138a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141020003000170040002400200050002300224082001200247245014500259264005200404300005900456336002600515337002600541338003600567500007300603520098000676700004701656700004501703776003501748856007101783CR9781107360105UkCbUP20180107143415.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||130308s2014||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9781107360105 (ebook)  z9781107044289 (hardback)  z9781107621312 (paperback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aPM5009 b.N38 201400a49822304aThe Native Languages of South America :bOrigins, Development, Typology / [electronic resource]cEdited by Loretta O'Connor, Pieter Muysken. 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2014.  a1 online resource (400 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aIn South America indigenous languages are extremely diverse. There are over one hundred language families in this region alone. Contributors from around the world explore the history and structure of these languages, combining insights from archaeology and genetics with innovative linguistic analysis. The book aims to uncover regional patterns and potential deeper genealogical relations between the languages. Based on a large-scale database of features from sixty languages, the book analyses major language families such as Tupian and Arawakan, as well as the Quechua/Aymara complex in the Andes, the Isthmo-Colombian region and the Andean foothills. It explores the effects of historical change in different grammatical systems and fills gaps in the World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS) database, where South American languages are underrepresented. An important resource for students and researchers interested in linguistics, anthropology and language evolution.1 aO'Connor, Loretta,eeditor of compilation.1 aMuysken, Pieter,eeditor of compilation.08iPrint version: z978110704428940uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107360105zCambridge Books Online