Description |
1 online resource (259 pages). |
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Series |
Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 20
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Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 20.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
The author of this study explores the nature of acculturation in the encounter between Europeans and Native Americans. Specifically, he examines how Native American languages adjusted to the introduction of foreign objects and concepts after 1492, discerning patterns of linguistics. |
Contents |
ONE: Introduction; TWO: Methodology; THREE: Nomenclature; FOUR: Lexical Universals; FIVE: Lexical Borrowability; SIX: Regional Patterns and Bilingualism; SEVEN: Lexical Replacement; EIGHT: Native Term Diffusion; NINE: European Loan Diffusion; TEN: Loan Shift: A Brief Case Study; ELEVEN: Postcontact Linguistic Areas; TWELVE: Conclusion; APPENDIX A: Statistical Reports on Individual Items of Acculturation; APPENDIX B: Lexical Sources and Other Information for 292 Language Cases; References; Index of Languages, Items of Acculturation, Personal and Geographical Names; Subject Index. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Indians -- Languages -- Lexicology, Historical.
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Indians -- Languages. |
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Languages in contact -- North America -- History.
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Languages in contact. |
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North America. |
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History. |
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Languages, Mixed -- History.
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Languages, Mixed. |
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Indians -- Cultural assimilation.
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Indians -- Cultural assimilation. |
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Indians. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Brown, Cecil H., 1944- Lexical acculturation in Native American languages. New York : Oxford University Press, 1999 (DLC) 98013835 |
ISBN |
1602562954 |
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9781602562950 |
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9780195352870 (electronic book) |
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0195352874 (electronic book) |
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0195121619 (Cloth) |
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9780195121612 |
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