37.1893, Books: Indigenous Languages of the Americas and Their Structures: The Saguaro Group (ed.) (2026)

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Date: 26-May-2026
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [support at langsci-press.org]
Subject: Indigenous Languages of the Americas and Their Structures: The Saguaro Group (ed.) (2026)


Title: Indigenous Languages of the Americas and Their Structures
Subtitle: Sounds
Series Title: Textbooks in Language Science
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Language Science Press
           http://langsci-press.org
Book URL: https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/563

Editor(s): The Saguaro Group

Abstract:

What do people mean when they talk about the sound pattern of a
language—what linguists call phonology? This book explores that
question in a hands-on way, with a focus on applying the knowledge in
language revitalization and community language work. The book
introduces basic ideas and analytic strategies using examples from
Indigenous languages across North and South America. Short
comprehension checks invite you to test your understanding, and
language explorations encourage you to apply what you’ve learned to
build your own description of the sound pattern of your language.
Throughout, the book takes a practical approach to phonological
analysis, not a theoretical approach.
The book is designed to be accessible to community members and others
without formal linguistic training who are engaged in or preparing for
community language work. It is also appropriate for linguistics
students and researchers in the early stages of their education about
phonology or needing a quick refresher or reference on basic
phonological analysis.
Each chapter looks at one key concept, starting with language sounds
and how they are made, how words are built, and how communities vary
in their use of language.  Other topics include the sounds specific to
a language and how they are put together into words of that language,
both in terms of sequences and in terms of syllables. The culmination
is an exploration of how sound sequences and word building interact so
that the words follow the general sound patterns of the language. Each
chapter ends with some ideas about how to incorporate the topic of the
chapter in community language work.
The goal with each discussion is to help you both to understand each
idea and to learn how to use it to describe or analyze a the way
sounds work in a language. Importantly, the book also includes
suggestions on tailoring your reading to your own goals, offering
pointers on which sections you might skip and which ones could be
especially useful for you.

Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics
                     Phonology

Written In: English (eng)



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