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<DIV class=Section1><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Languages of the "First Nations"<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">A Comparison of Native American Languages from an <SPAN class=SpellE>Ethnolinguistic</SPAN> Perspective<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">STEFAN LIEDTKE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">As yet there is no satisfactory solution for the attempt to study the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">immense</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> diversity of the languages of the world systematically and to<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">divide</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> them into related groups. On the contrary, there is an<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">embittered</SPAN></FONT></SPAN>, fruitless controversy between, on the one hand, scholars<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">who</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> - unfortunately often with absolutely inadequate methodology -<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">gather</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> the languages into ever increasing "super groups", and on the<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">other</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> hand, scholars who are bogged down in the - justified -<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">criticism</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> towards this approach and have developed an anxious negative<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">attitude</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> especially towards genetic comparative linguistics (the<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">"<SPAN class=GramE>splitters</SPAN>").<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What is now lacking is 1) fresh stock-taking of the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">meanwhile</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> available descriptive facts, 2) a strict improvement of<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">comparative</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> methods, and 3) an unbiased attitude.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The book aims in<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">this</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> direction. With the example of the languages of the "First<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Nations", i.e., the Indian peoples of the American twin continent, it<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">attempts</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> a critical stock-taking of the method of language comparison<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(<SPAN class=GramE>genetic</SPAN>, <SPAN class=SpellE>areal</SPAN> and typological).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The author lays great emphasis on<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">the</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> points of content between ethnologists and linguists, in order to<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">encourage</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> a cooperation of these disciplines. The book is thus<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">suitable</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> as introductory reading for people interested in these two<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">related</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> disciplines. Comparable works would be desirable for scholars<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">who</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> specialize in other areas (<SPAN class=SpellE>Africanists</SPAN> etc.). 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