Lexical acculturation in Native American languages /

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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, Cecil H., 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Colección:Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 20.
Temas:
Indians > Languages > Lexicology, Historical.
Languages in contact > North America > History.
Languages, Mixed > History.
Indians > Cultural assimilation.
Languages, Mixed > North America > History.
Peuples autochtones > Langues > Lexicologie historique.
Langues en contact > Amérique du Nord > Histoire.
Langues mixtes > Amérique du Nord > Histoire.
Peuples autochtones > Acculturation.
Langues des Peuples autochtones > Lexicologie historique.
Langues mixtes > Histoire.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Native American Languages.
Languages in contact.
Languages, Mixed.
North America.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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