30.4723, Books: Esselen Studies: Language, Culture, and Prehistory: Shaul

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 22:28:11
From: Ulrich Lueders [contact at lincom.eu]
Subject: Esselen Studies: Language, Culture, and Prehistory: Shaul

 


Title: Esselen Studies: Language, Culture, and Prehistory 
Series Title: LINCOM Studies in Native American Linguistics 83  

Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
	   http://www.lincom-shop.eu
	

Book URL: http://lincom-shop.eu/LSNAL-83-Esselen-Studies-Language-Culture-and-Prehistory/en 


Author: David Leedom Shaul

Hardback: ISBN:  9783862889860 Pages: 450 Price: Europe EURO 168.00


Abstract:

The Esselen language is an isolate within the Hokan phylum that was spoken in
Monterey County (California) by five local tribes who formed a regional trade
network. Preferred marriage was within each local tribe, except for chiefly
families. There were two dialects, but each local tribe must maintained and
negotiated tribal identity with distinctive speech. More extensive treatment
is given of Esselen phonology and morphosyntax than any previous work on
Esselen.

New information includes Esselen music, complete treatment of Esselen dialects
(Western, Eastern), and the Hokan character of Esselen. Terrence Kaufman's
seminal work on comparative Hokan allows for a better understanding of Esselen
structure and linguistic prehistory. About 70% of the traceable Esselen
morphemes have Hokan etymologies; the rest were borrowed from Uto-Aztecan,
Utian, and Chumashan.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation
                     Typology

Subject Language(s): Esselen (esq)


Written In: English  (eng)

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