Buch, Englisch, Band 01, 148 Seiten
A Comparison of Native American Languages from an Ethnolinguistic Perspective
Buch, Englisch, Band 01, 148 Seiten
Reihe: LINCOM Handbooks in Linguistics
ISBN: 978-3-929075-25-0
Verlag: LINCOM
The book aims in this direction. With the example of the languages of the "First Nations", i.e., the Indian peoples of the American twin continent, it attempts a critical stock-taking of the method of language comparison (genetic, areal and typological).
The author lays great emphasis on the points of content between ethnologists and linguists, in order to encourage a cooperation of these disciplines. The book is thus suitable as introductory reading for people interested in these two related disciplines. Comparable works would be desirable for scholars who specialise in other areas (Africanists etc.). These topics have never before been treated in this summary form in the English-speaking world.