Introduction

Abstract spoken from Siberia to Greenland and from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego; they include the southernmost language of the world (Yagan [alias Yamana]) and some of the northernmost languages (Eskimoan). They number into the hundreds (or, better said, into the low thousands). Yet what do we rea...

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Main Author: Campbell, Lyle
Format: Book Part
Language:unknown
Published: Oxford University PressNew York, NY 1997
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195094275.003.0001
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