The Languages of Native America : historical and comparative assessment

ISBN: 0292746245
ISBN: 9780292746244
Physical Description: 1034 pages : map ; 24 cm
Publisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, ©1979.

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The Languages of Native America : historical and comparative assessment / edited by Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun.

Campbell, Lyle. (Added Author). Mithun, Marianne. (Added Author).

Summary:

An assessment of the current state of the historical linguistics of North American Indian languages.

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Introduction: North American Indian historical linguistics in current perspective / Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun -- Comparative Algonquian / Ives Goddard -- Iroquoian / Marianne Mithun -- Caddoan / Wallace L. Chafe -- Siouan / David S. Rood -- Southeastern languages / Mary R. Haas -- Timucua and Yuchi: two languages isolates of the Southeast / James M. Crdawford -- The languages of south Texas and Lower Rio Grande / Ives Goddard -- The Kiowa-Tanoan, Keresan, and Zuni languages / Irvine Davis -- Uto-Aztecan: an assessment for historical and comparative linguistics / Susan Steele -- Hokan inter-branch comparisons / William H. Jacobsen, Jr. -- Some thoughts on Hokan with particular references to Pomoan and Yuman / Margaret Langdon -- Penutian: an assessment / Michael Silverstein -- Salishan and the northwest / Laurence C. Thompson -- Wakashan comparative studies / William H. Jacobsen, Jr. -- Chimakuan comparative studies / William H. Jacobsen, Jr. -- Na-Dene and Eskimo-Aleut / MIchael S. Krause -- MIddle American languages / Lyle Campbell -- A glance from here on / Eric P. Hamp.