The Languages of Native America: Historical and Comparative Assessment

These essays were drawn from the papers presented at the Linguistic Society of America's Summer Institute at the State University of New York at Oswego in 1976. The contents are as follows: Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun, Introduction: North American Indian Historical Linguistics in Current PerspectiveIves Goddard, Comparative AlgonquianMarianne Mithun, IroquoianWallace L. Chafe, CaddoanDavid S. Rood, SiouanMary R. Haas, Southeastern LanguagesJames M. Crawford, Timucua and Yuchi: Two Language Isolates of the SoutheastIves Goddard, The Languages of South Texas and the Lower Rio GrandeIrvine Davis, The Kiowa-Tanoan, Keresan, and Zuni LanguagesSusan Steele, Uto-Aztecan: An Assessment for Historical andComparative LinguisticsWilliam H. Jacobsen, Jr., Hokan lnter-Branch ComparisonsMargaret Langdon, Some Thoughts on Hokan with Particular Reference to Pomoan and YumanMichael Silverstein, ''Penutian: An AssessmentLaurence C. Thompson, Salishan and the NorthwestWilliam H. Jacobsen, Jr., Wakashan Comparative StudiesWilliam H. Jacobsen, Jr., Chimakuan Comparative StudiesMichael E. Krauss, Na-Dene and Eskimo-AleutLyle CampbelI, Middle American LanguagesEric S. Hamp, A Glance from Now On.

Author: Lyle Campbell
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 10/01/1979
Pages: 1040
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 3.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 2.05d
ISBN: 9780292768505

About the Author
Lyle Campbell is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Marianne Mithun is Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.