Language contact in Amazonia

This book investigates the contact between Arawak and Tucanoan languages spoken in the Vaupés river basin in northwest Amazonia, which spans Colombia and Brazil. In this region language is seen as a badge of identity: language mixing is resisted for ideological reasons. The book considers which part...

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Hlavní autor: Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y.
Další autoři: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
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English
Vydáno: Oxford Oxford University Press 2002
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Shrnutí:This book investigates the contact between Arawak and Tucanoan languages spoken in the Vaupés river basin in northwest Amazonia, which spans Colombia and Brazil. In this region language is seen as a badge of identity: language mixing is resisted for ideological reasons. The book considers which parts of the language categories are likely to be borrowed. This study also examines changes brought about by recent contact with European languages and culture, and the linguistic effects of language obsolescence
Fyzický popis:xxiii, 363 p.
ill., map
24 cm
Bibliografie:Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-345) and indexes
ISBN:019925785X
9780199257850