The Mayan Languages Contributor(s): Aissen, Judith (Editor), England, Nora C. (Editor), Zavala Maldonado, Roberto (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415738024 ISBN-13: 9780415738026 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $403.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism - Foreign Language Study | Native American Languages |
Dewey: 497.415 |
LCCN: 2016049735 |
Series: Routledge Language Family |
Physical Information: 1.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (3.55 lbs) 778 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Mayan Languages presents a comprehensive survey of the language family associated with the Classic Mayan civilization (AD 200-900), a family whose individual languages are still spoken today by at least six million indigenous Maya in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. This unique resource is an ideal reference for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of Mayan languages and linguistics. Written by a team of experts in the field, The Mayan Languages presents in-depth accounts of the linguistic features that characterize the thirty-one languages of the family, their historical evolution, and the social context in which they are spoken. The Mayan Languages:
Consisting of topical chapters on the history, sociolinguistics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse structure, and acquisition of the Mayan languages, this book will be a resource for researchers and other readers with an interest in historical linguistics, linguistic anthropology, language acquisition, and linguistic typology. |