13.574, Books: Native American Languages
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Subject: 13.574, Books: Native American Languages
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Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 14:02:38 +0100
From: LINCOM.EUROPA at t-online.de (LINCOM EUROPA)
Subject: New books: Native American languages
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Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 14:02:38 +0100
From: LINCOM.EUROPA at t-online.de (LINCOM EUROPA)
Subject: New books: Native American languages
Manual de las lenguas indígenas sudamericanas I & II
(Handbook of South-American Indian Languages)
ALAIN FABRE
The handbook presents data about 428 contemporary indigenous
languages/ethnic groups of South and Central America from onduras to
Tierra del Fuego, in the form of dictionary entries arranged according
to linguistic groups. After an introduction discussing problems of
linguistic grouping and ethnic status of population groups follows a
general bibliography of more than 4500 titles, general maps of the
countries mentioned, a cross-referenced index of about 3200 names of
ethnic groups/subgroups, languages, and varieties. Each entry of the
dictionary contains: (1) precise geographical locations, (2) name(s)
under which the ethnolinguistic groups are known in the literature,
including some considered nowadays obsolete but found in older
sources, (3) own name(s) whenever known, (4) number of speakers of the
language and/or ethnic group, (5) bibliography of the group, including
ethnology, linguistics, ethnohistory and legal rights, (6)
observations concerning ethnohistory, linguistic and/or ethnical
grouping, including many moot points and first hand observations
obtained in personal communications from experienced field workers,
anthropologists and linguists. [written in Spanish].
El libro incluye datos acerca de 428 grupos étnicos/lingüísticos
indígenas sudamericanos actuales, desde Honduras hasta Tierra del
Fuego, en forma entradas ordenadas por familias lingüísticas. Después
de una introducción en la se discuten brevemente problemas de
pertenencia lingüística y étnica de las poblaciones referidas sigue
una bibliografía general de unas 4500 entradas, mapas de los países
con población indígena, un índice con referencias cruzadas de unos
3200 nombres de grupos y subgrupos lingüísticos y étnicos. Cada
entrada del diccionario contiene (1) localización geográfica
detallada, (2) nombre(s) del grupo y subgrupos cuando se conoce, (4)
número de hablantes y/o de los integrantes del grupo étnico, (5)
bibliografía de la población presentada con temas de etnología,
lingüística, ethnohistoria y derechos humanos, (6) obserservaciones
diversas elativas a la etnohistoria, subdivisiones étnicas y/o
lingüísticas, hacíendo hincapié en numerosos puntos debatidos que
aparecen en la literatura referente al grupo étnico, así como datos de
primera mano obtenidos en comunicaciones particulares con antropólogos
y lingüistas con sólida experiencia en el terreno.
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USD 86 / 76.50 / £ 56.
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