The Indigenous Languages of South America. A Comprehensive Guide

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Preface Lyle Campbell and Verónica Grondona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Historical overview: Descriptive and comparative research on South American Indian languages Willem F. H. Adelaar ............................. 1 Classification of the indigenous languages of South America Lyle Campbell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking Mily Crevels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Contacts between indigenous languages in South America Pieter Muysken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Typological characteristics of South American indigenous languages Lyle Campbell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 The phonetics and phonology of South American languages Luciana R. Storto and Didier Demolin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Chibchan languages Adolfo Constenla Umaña . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 Linguistic studies in the Cariban family Spike Gildea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441 Tupían Aryon Dall’Igna Rodrigues and Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara Cabral . . . . 495 Languages of the Middle Andes in areal-typological perspective. Emphasis on Quechuan and Aymaran Willem F. H. Adelaar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 Languages of the Chaco and Southern Cone Lyle Campbell and Verónica Grondona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669 Preface Lyle Campbell and Verónica Grondona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Historical overview: Descriptive and comparative research on South American Indian languages Willem F. H. Adelaar ............................. 1 Classification of the indigenous languages of South America Lyle Campbell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking Mily Crevels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Contacts between indigenous languages in South America Pieter Muysken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Typological characteristics of South American indigenous languages Lyle Campbell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 The phonetics and phonology of South American languages Luciana R. Storto and Didier Demolin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Chibchan languages Adolfo Constenla Umaña . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 Linguistic studies in the Cariban family Spike Gildea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441 Tupían Aryon Dall’Igna Rodrigues and Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara Cabral . . . . 495 Languages of the Middle Andes in areal-typological perspective. Emphasis on Quechuan and Aymaran Willem F. H. Adelaar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 Languages of the Chaco and Southern Cone Lyle Campbell and Verónica Grondona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669