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The Languages of Native North America
Marianne Mithun-
Cover
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Title
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Copyright
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Contents
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List of maps
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Preface
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Transcription key
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Abbreviations used in glosses
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Introduction
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PART I: THE NATURE OF THE LANGUAGES
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1 Sounds and sound patterns
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1.1 Inventories
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1.2 Transcription conventions
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1.3 Syllable structure
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1.4 Tone
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1.5 Harmony
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1.6 Sound symbolism
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1.7 Native writing systems
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2 Words
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2.1 Polysynthesis
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2.2 Parts of words: roots, affixes, and clitics
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2.2.1 Morpheme order
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2.2.2 General compounding
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2.2.3 Noun incorporation
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2.2.4 The functions of roots and affixes
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2.3 Lexical categories: nouns and verbs
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3 Grammatical categories
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3.1 Person
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3.1.1 Inclusive and exclusive
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3.1.2 Long-distance coreference and empathy
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3.1.3 Obviation
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3.2 Number
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3.2.1 Inflectional number on nouns
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3.2.2 Inverse number
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3.2.3 Derivational and lexical number on nouns
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3.2.4 Verbal number
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3.2.5 Distributives
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3.2.6 Collectives
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3.2.7 Associatives
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3.3 Gender
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3.4 Shape, consistency, and related features
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3.4.1 Classificatory numerals
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3.4.2 Classificatory verbs
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3.5 Means and manner: 'instrumental affixes'
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3.6 Control
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3.6.1 The lexicon
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3.6.2 Verb morphology
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3.7 Space: location and direction
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3.7.1 Demonstratives
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3.7.2 Nominal adpositions, clitics, and affixes
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3.7.3 Verbal clitics and affixes
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3.8 Time
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3.8.1 Tense
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3.8.2 Aspect
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3.9 Modality: knowledge and obligation
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3.9.1 Sample modal paradigms
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3.9.2 Realis and irrealis
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3.9.3 Evidentials
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4 Sentences
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4.1 Predicates and arguments
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4.2 Word order
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4.3 Grammatical relations and case
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4.3.1 Nominative/accusative patterns
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4.3.2 Ergative/absolutive patterns
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4.3.3 Agent/patient and active/stative patterns
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4.3.4 Direct/inverse patterns
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4.3.5 A tripartite pattern
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4.4 Pattern combinations
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4.4.1 Nominative/accusative and ergative/absolutive
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4.4.2 Nominative/accusative and agent/patient
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4.4.3 Nominative/accusative and direct/inverse
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4.4.4 Ergative/absolutive and agent/patient
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4.5 Obliques and applicatives
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4.6 Possession
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4.7 Clause combining
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4.7.1 The expression of clause linkage
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4.7.2 Switch-reference
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5 Special language
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5.1 Baby talk, 'abnormal speech', and animal talk
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5.2 'Men's' and 'women's' language
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5.3 Narrative and ceremonial language
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5.4 Speech play
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5.5 Plains Sign Talk
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PART II: CATALOGUE OF LANGUAGES
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6 Relations among the languages
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6.1 Dialect, language, and family
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6.2 Genetic relationship
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6.3 Stocks: hypotheses of more remote relationships
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6.4 Language contact
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6.4.1 Borrowing
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6.4.2 Linguistic areas
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6.4.3 Contact languages
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7 Catalogue
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7.1 Language families and isolates
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7.2 Pidgins, creoles, and mixed languages
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References with note on sources
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Index
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C
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M
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T
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Published: 1999
Publisher: Cambridge UP
- 9780521232289 (hardcover)
- 9780521298759 (paperback)
- 9781107298729 (ebook)