The Language of the Inka since the European Invasion /

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The Inka empire, Tawantinsuyu, fell to Spanish invaders within a year's time (1532-1533), but Quechua, the language of the Inka, is still the primary or only language of millions of Inka descendants throughout the southern Andes. In this innovative study, Bruce Mannheim synthesizes all that is...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mannheim, Bruce (Author)
Other Authors: Friedrich, Paul (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Quechua language.
Incas.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
Quechua (Langue) > Perou > Histoire.
Incas > Histoire.
Quechua language > Peru > History.
Incas > History.
Peru.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Maps
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note on Orthography and Citations
  • 1. Introduction
  • Part I. The Historical and Social Setting
  • 2. The Ecology of Language Contact before the European Invasion
  • 3. Language and Colonialism
  • 4. Linguistic Hegemony and the Two Dimensions of Language Variation
  • Part II. Linguistic Change
  • 5. Common Southern Peruvian Quechua
  • 6. Reading Colonial Texts
  • 7. The Sibilants
  • 8. The Ejectives and Aspirates
  • 9. Syllable-Final Weakenings
  • 10. Conditions on Sound Change
  • Appendices
  • Notes
  • References Cited
  • Index

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