| The Mesoamerican Indian Languages Contributor(s): Suarez, Jorge A. (Author), Anderson, S. R. (Editor), Bresnan, J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521296692 ISBN-13: 9780521296694 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1983 Annotation: At least a hundred indigenous Indian languages are known to have been spoken in Mesoamerica, the cultural area that includes most of Mexico and part of South America, but it is only in the past fifty years that many of them have been adequately described. For some we still have no more than a partial description, often in an obscure source. Professor Su??rez draws together this considerable mass of scholarship in a general survey that will provide an invaluable source of reference. The approach is primarily descriptive, and a major part of the volume is concerned with synchronic descriptions of phonology, morphology and syntax. The volume will be of interest and importance both to general linguists and to others with a serious interest in Mesoamerican culture and society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Native American Languages - Language Arts & Disciplines |
| Dewey: 497 |
| LCCN: 81021641 |
| Series: Cambridge Language Surveys |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6" W x 9" (0.75 lbs) 228 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At least a hundred indigenous Indian languages are known to have been spoken in Mesoamerica, the cultural area that includes most of Mexico and part of South America, but it is only in the past fifty years that many of them have been adequately described. For some we still have no more than a partial description, often in an obscure source. Professor Su rez draws together this considerable mass of scholarship in a general survey that will provide an invaluable source of reference. The approach is primarily descriptive, and a major part of the volume is concerned with synchronic descriptions of phonology, morphology and syntax. The volume will be of interest and importance both to general linguists and to others with a serious interest in Mesoamerican culture and society. |