The Indigenous languages of South America : a comprehensive guide
Lyle Campbell (Editor), Verónica María Grondona (Editor)
The aim of the volume is to make information more widely available to scholars and linguists and to encourage greater efforts toward documentation of the languages of South America. Campbell (U. of Hawaii) and Grondona (Eastern Michigan U.) have brought together 11 contributions pertaining to the history, classification, and endangerment of the indigenous languages of South America as well as typological characteristics, phonetics and phonology, and some specifics of Chibchan languages, the Cariban family, Tupian, Quechuan and Aymaran, and languages of the Chaco and southern cone. This is an important, authoritative collection of articles, presented in a high quality volume--Smythe-sewn binding and fine (creamy) paper. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Print Book, English, ©2012
De Gruyter Mouton, Berlin, ©2012