Lexical acculturation in Native American languages /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Cecil H. Brown.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1999.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (259 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ;
Volume Designation
20
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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ONE: Introduction; TWO: Methodology; THREE: Nomenclature; FOUR: Lexical Universals; FIVE: Lexical Borrowability; SIX: Regional Patterns and Bilingualism; SEVEN: Lexical Replacement; EIGHT: Native Term Diffusion; NINE: European Loan Diffusion; TEN: Loan Shift: A Brief Case Study; ELEVEN: Postcontact Linguistic Areas; TWELVE: Conclusion; APPENDIX A: Statistical Reports on Individual Items of Acculturation; APPENDIX B: Lexical Sources and Other Information for 292 Language Cases; References; Index of Languages, Items of Acculturation, Personal and Geographical Names; Subject Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The author of this study explores the nature of acculturation in the encounter between Europeans and Native Americans. Specifically, he examines how Native American languages adjusted to the introduction of foreign objects and concepts after 1492, discerning patterns of linguistics.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Lexical acculturation in Native American languages.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Indians-- Cultural assimilation.
Indians-- Languages-- Lexicology, Historical.
Languages in contact-- North America-- History.
Languages, Mixed-- History.
Indiens-- Acculturation.
Indiens-- Langues-- Lexicologie historique.
Langues en contact-- Amérique du Nord-- Histoire.
Langues mixtes-- Amérique du Nord-- Histoire.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY-- Native American Languages.