Lexical Acculturation in Native American Languages

Abstract Lexical acculturation refers to the accommodation of languages to new objects and concepts encountered as the result of culture contact. This unique study analyzes a survey of words for 77 items of European culture (e.g. chicken, horse, apple, rice, scissors, soap, and Saturday) in the voca...

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Main Author: Brown, Cecil H
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford University PressNew York, NY 1999
Subjects:
Arctic
Tierra del Fuego
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195121612.001.0001
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spelling croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oso/9780195121612.001.0001 2024-06-23T07:50:08+00:00 Lexical Acculturation in Native American Languages Brown, Cecil H 1999 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195121612.001.0001 en eng Oxford University PressNew York, NY ISBN 9780195121612 9780197721964 edited-book 1999 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195121612.001.0001 2024-06-11T04:17:28Z Abstract Lexical acculturation refers to the accommodation of languages to new objects and concepts encountered as the result of culture contact. This unique study analyzes a survey of words for 77 items of European culture (e.g. chicken, horse, apple, rice, scissors, soap, and Saturday) in the vocabularies of 292 Amerindian languages and dialects spoken from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego. The first book ever to undertake such a large and systematic cross-language investigation, Brown ‘s work provides fresh insights into general processes of lexical change and development, including those involving language universals and diffusion. Book Arctic Tierra del Fuego Oxford University Press Arctic
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description Abstract Lexical acculturation refers to the accommodation of languages to new objects and concepts encountered as the result of culture contact. This unique study analyzes a survey of words for 77 items of European culture (e.g. chicken, horse, apple, rice, scissors, soap, and Saturday) in the vocabularies of 292 Amerindian languages and dialects spoken from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego. The first book ever to undertake such a large and systematic cross-language investigation, Brown ‘s work provides fresh insights into general processes of lexical change and development, including those involving language universals and diffusion.
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Lexical Acculturation in Native American Languages
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