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020			_a9781107360105 (ebook)
020			_z9781107044289 (hardback)
020			_z9781107621312 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aPM5009 _b.N38 2014
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245	0	4	_aThe Native Languages of South America : _bOrigins, Development, Typology / _cedited by Loretta O'Connor, Pieter Muysken.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2014.
300			_a1 online resource (400 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aIn South America indigenous languages are extremely diverse. There are over one hundred language families in this region alone. Contributors from around the world explore the history and structure of these languages, combining insights from archaeology and genetics with innovative linguistic analysis. The book aims to uncover regional patterns and potential deeper genealogical relations between the languages. Based on a large-scale database of features from sixty languages, the book analyses major language families such as Tupian and Arawakan, as well as the Quechua/Aymara complex in the Andes, the Isthmo-Colombian region and the Andean foothills. It explores the effects of historical change in different grammatical systems and fills gaps in the World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS) database, where South American languages are underrepresented. An important resource for students and researchers interested in linguistics, anthropology and language evolution.
700	1		_aO'Connor, Loretta, _eeditor.
700	1		_aMuysken, Pieter, _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107044289
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107360105
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
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