32.2248, Books: Pre-Historical Language Contact in Peruvian Amazonia: Rojas-Berscia

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Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2021 21:04:01
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Pre-Historical Language Contact in Peruvian Amazonia: Rojas-Berscia

 


Title: Pre-Historical Language Contact in Peruvian Amazonia 
Subtitle: A dynamic approach to Shawi (Kawapanan) 
Series Title: Contact Language Library 58  

Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/coll.58 


Author: Luis Miguel Rojas-Berscia

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027260215 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027260215 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 88.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027260215 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 105.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027208361 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027208361 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 88.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027208361 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 111.30


Abstract:

South America was populated relatively recently, probably around 15,000 years
ago. Yet, instead of finding a relatively small number of language families,
we find some 118 genealogical units. So far, the historical processes that
underlie the current picture are not yet fully understood. This book
represents a preliminary attempt at understanding the socio-historical
dynamics behind language diversification in the region, focusing on the
Kawapanan languages, particularly on Shawi. The book provides an introduction
to the ideas behind the flux approach of Dynamic linguistics and later
concentrates on prehistorical language contact, specifically in the northern
Peruvian Andean sphere. The number of studies presented shed light on a
layered picture in which a number of Kawapanan lects were used in
non-polyglosic multilingual settings. The book explores the potential contact
relationships between Kawapanan languages, Quechuan, Aymaran, Chachapuya,
Cholón-Hibito, Arawak, Carib and Puelche. The analysis draws on data collected
in the field over a period of eight years (2012-2020) with both Shawi and
Shiwilu speakers and includes the first comprehensive grammar sketch of Shawi.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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