The Amazonian languages / edited by R.M.W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald.
The Amazonian languages / edited by R.M.W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald.
The Amazonian languages / edited by R.M.W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald.
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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T0384464
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English
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Physical content
xxviii, 446 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction / R. M. W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald -- 2. Carib / Desmond C. Derbyshire -- 3. The Arawak language family / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald -- 4. Tupi / Aryon D. Rodrigues -- 5. Tupi-Guarani / Cheryl Jensen -- 6. Macro-Je / Aryon D. Rodrigues -- 7. Tucano / Janet Barnes -- 8. Pano /...
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
"The Amazon Basin is arguably both the least-known and the most complex linguistic region in the world today. It is the home of some 300 languages belonging to around 20 language families, plus more than a dozen genetic isolates, and many of these languages (often incompletely documented and mostly endangered) show properties that constitute except...
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The Amazonian languages / edited by R.M.W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald.
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Cambridge language surveys.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Transferred from N498/11.
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T0384464
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74VvEADW6KxZ
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0521570212(cased) :
9780521570213 (hardbound)
0521570212 (hardbound)
9780521578936(pbk.) :
0521578930(pbk.) :
9780521578936 (pbk.)
0521578930 (pbk.)
9780521570213(cased) :
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498
MMS ID
991011720139702626
