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 Linguistics and Archaeology in the Americas: The Historization of Language and Society

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-xxiv)   (233K)
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    • Preface
    • Acknowledgements
    • Bibliography Of Willem F.H. Adelaar
  • Linguistic Reconstruction Of Elements Of Prehistoric Tupi Culture (1-10) by Aryon Dall’Igna Rodrigues   (141K)
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    • 1. The Tupi Linguistic Stock
    • 2. The Antiquity Of The Tupí Proto-Language
    • 3. Method
    • 4. Purpose Of This Paper
    • 5. Conventions
    • 6. Languages And Sources
    • 7. Reconstructed Proto-Tupí Cultural Terminology
    • 8. Concluding Comments
  • Problems Of Distinguishing Nominal Compounding From Syntactic And Noun Categorization Devices In Tupi-Guarani Languages (11-26) by Wolf Dietrich   (179K)
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    • 1. Word Formation
    • 2. Compounding In European Languages
    • 3. Syntax And Word Formation In Tupi-Guarani Languages
    • 4. Compounding In Tupi-Guarani Languages
    • 5. Conclusion
  • Preposed Phonetic Complements In Maya Hieroglyphic Writing (27-44) by Nikolai Grube   (437K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Phonetic Complements In Maya Hieroglyphic Writing
    • 3. The Contexts Of Preposed Phonetic Complements
    • 4. Implications For Decipherment
    • 5. Summary
  • Mixtec Cultural Vocabulary And Pictorial Writing (45-82) by Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen and Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez   (5M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Mixtec Civilization
    • 3. The Linguistic Work Of The Dominican Missionaries
    • 4. Ceremonial Speech
    • 5. Terminology For Ancient Activities And Artefacts
    • 6. Concluding Remarks
  • Unspecified Arguments, Predicates, And Events In Nahuatl? (83-106) by Michel Launey   (253K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Nature Of Unspecified Arguments
    • 3. Indefinite First Arguments
    • 4. Scanning Classes Of Predicates: Interrogative And Indefinite Words
    • 5. Scanning A Class Of Events
    • 6. What Abstract Nouns Really Are
    • 7. Is There A WH- Verb?
  • The Ever-Dynamic Caribbean: Exploring New Approaches To Unraveling Social Networks In The Pre-Colonial And Early Colonial Periods (107-122) by Corinne L. Hofman and Eithne B. Carlin   (462K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Caribbean (Is)landscape
    • 3. Mobility And Exchange From An Archaeological Perspective
    • 4. Exotic Raw Materials And Shared Iconographic Themes
    • 5. The People And Languages Of The Pre-Colonial Caribbean
    • 6. Concluding Remarks
  • ‘Why Do They Steal Our Phonemes?’ Inventing The Survival Of The Cañari Language (Ecuador) (123-146) by Rosaleen Howard   (215K)
  • Lenguas E Identidades Étnicas (147-176) by Xavier Albó   (323K)
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    • 1. Introducción
    • 2. Indígenas, Lenguas Y Censos
    • 3. Correlatos Sociales Y Políticos
    • 4. A Modo De Conclusión
  • Sobre El Morfo Vacío -Ni Del Quechua (177-190) by Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino   (150K)
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    • 1. Introducción
    • 2. Inserción De -Ni
    • 3. Ojeada Histórico-Dialectal
    • 4. Surgimiento De -Ni
    • 5. Posible Cronología
    • 6. Apreciación Final
  • The Copula In Ecuadorian Quechua (191-206) by Pieter Muysken   (196K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Problem Of Ga- In Media Lengua
    • 3. The Copula In The Quechua Language Family
    • 4. The Verb Ka- In Ecuadorian Quechua
    • 5. Discussion And Conclusions: Triggers For The Change
  • O ‘Caduco’ E O ‘Frustrativo’ Nas Línguas Baniwa Do Içana E Nheengatu (Alto Rio Negro, Brasil) (207-214) by Gerald Taylor   (141K)
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    • 1. Introdução
    • 2. O Caduco
    • 3. O Frustrativo
    • 4. A Condição Irreal
  • Reflexivity And Reciprocity In Tehuelche And Selknam (Chon Family) (215-234) by Ana Fernández Garay   (239K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Tehuelches Or Aonek’Enk And Onas Or Selknam
    • 3. Theoretical And Methodological Aspects
    • 4. Characteristics Of The Tehuelche And Selknam Languages
    • 5. Reflexivity And Reciprocity In Tehuelche
    • 6. Reflexivity And Reciprocity In Selknam
    • 7. Reconstruction Of Reflexive And Reciprocal Markers In Proto-Chon
  • Gender, Noun Class And Language Obsolescence: The Case Of Paumarí (235-252) by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald   (198K)
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    • 1. Gender And Noun Class In One Language?
    • 2. Noun Class And Gender In Paumarí
    • 3. Gender And Noun Class In Language Obsolescence
  • Word Prosody And The Distribution Of Oral/Nasal Contour Consonants In Kaingang (253-270) by W. Leo Wetzels   (278K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Language
    • 3. Consonants And Vowels Of Kaingang
    • 4. Syllable Structure
    • 5. Conclusion
  • Subject Index (271-274)   (72K)
  • List Of Contributors (275-276)   (66K)