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In:A History of the Study of the Indigenous Languages of North America
Marcin Kilarski
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences 129] 2021
► pp. 9–86

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Chapter 2
The languages of North America

An overview

Published online: 6 December 2021

https://doi.org/10.1075/sihols.129.c2

Article outline

2.1Introduction
2.2Genetic and areal overview
- 2.2.1Introduction
- 2.2.2Algonquian languages
- 2.2.3Iroquoian languages
- 2.2.4Eskimo-Aleut languages
- 2.2.5Loss of the languages: Its causes and implications
2.3Overview of structural characteristics
- 2.3.1Introduction
- 2.3.2Sound systems
- 2.3.3Word and sentence structure
  - 2.3.3.1Polysynthesis
  - 2.3.3.2Noun incorporation
- 2.3.4Gender
- 2.3.5Classifiers
2.4Concluding observations
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