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. v–viii
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Published online: 6 December 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/sihols.129.toc
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Table of contents
Preface and acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
List of figures
Chapter 1Introduction
1.1Aims of the book
1.2Terms and definitions
1.3Structure of the book
Chapter 2The languages of North America: An overview
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
2.3.4Gender
2.3.5Classifiers
2.4Concluding observations
Chapter 3Studies of the languages of North America
3.1Introduction
3.2Missionary and other pre-modern sources
3.3From 1788 till the 1840s
3.4Since the second half of the 19th century
3.5Wider contexts
3.6Concluding observations
Chapter 4Sound systems in Iroquoian languages
4.1Introduction
4.2Motifs in phonetic accounts
4.2.1Introduction
4.2.2Describing sounds in unwritten languages
4.2.3Gaps in phonetic inventories
4.2.4Uncommon sounds
4.2.5‘Confused’ sounds
4.3Images of languages and speakers
4.3.1Introduction
4.3.2Images of languages
4.3.3Images of speakers
4.4Concluding observations
Chapter 5Gender in Algonquian languages
5.1Introduction
5.2Early studies: 17th-19th centuries
5.2.1Introduction
5.2.217th and 18th centuries
5.2.3Late 18th and 19th century
5.3Studies of Algonquian gender since the beginning of the 20th century
5.3.1Introduction
5.3.2Early 20th-century accounts
5.3.3Bloomfield and Greenberg
5.3.4Gender and culture
5.3.5Gender as a grammatical category
5.4Concluding observations
Chapter 6Cherokee verbs for washing
6.1Introduction
6.2Cherokee verbs for washing: The life cycle of the example
6.2.1Introduction
6.2.2Origin (1818–c.1860)
6.2.3Propagation (c.1860–c.1950)
6.2.4Exposition and status quo (1952–present)
6.3Images of languages and speakers
6.3.1Introduction
6.3.2Images of languages
6.3.3Images of speakers
6.4Concluding observations
Chapter 7Eskimo words for snow
7.1Introduction
7.2Eskimo words for snow: The life cycle of the example
7.2.1Introduction
7.2.2Origin (1894–c.1940)
7.2.3Propagation (c.1940–c.1990)
7.2.4Exposition and status quo (1986–present)
7.3The Eskimo and Cherokee examples: A comparison
7.4Concluding observations
Chapter 8Concluding discussion
8.1Introduction
8.2Life cycles of linguistic examples
8.3Functions of examples
8.3.1Methodology
8.3.2Theory and ideology
8.4Motifs
8.4.1Complexity and ‘richness’
8.4.2Abstract and ‘concrete’
8.5Prospects
References
Index of biographical names
Index of subjects and terms
Index of languages and dialects
