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Title Language contact and change in the Americas : studies in honor of Marianne Mithun / edited by Andrea L. Berez-Kroeker ; Diane M. Hintz ; Carmen Jany
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2016]

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Series Studies in Language Companion Series, 0165-7763 ; volume 173
Studies in language companion series ; v. 173.
Contents Intro -- Language Contact and Change in the Americas -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Foreword -- Language contact and change in the Americas -- 1. The state of the art: A sketch -- 2. The contributions in this book -- References -- Part I: North America: California -- Yuki, Pomoan, Wintun, and Athabaskan -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Cultural similarities and trade contacts -- 4. Linguistic similarities -- 4.1 History of language contact in Round Valley -- 4.2 Features shared by Yuki and Pomoan -- 4.3 Features shared by Yuki with Wintun and Athabaskan -- 4.4 Yuki and Wappo -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix -- The role of passives in the formation of hierarchical systems in Northern California -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Diachrony in hierarchical systems -- 3. Core argument patterns in Northern California -- 3.1 Dependent-marked languages -- 3.2 Agent-patient systems (both dependent- and head-marked) -- 3.3 Head-marked languages -- 3.3.1 Hierarchical and inverse languages -- 3.3.2 Languages with portmanteau affixes -- 4. Passive constructions in Northern California -- 4.1 Passives in dependent-marked languages -- 4.2 Passives in hierarchical and inverse languages -- 4.3 Passives in languages with portmanteau affixes -- 5. Summary and conclusions -- References -- Appendix -- Assessing the effects of language contact on Northeastern Pomo -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data sources -- 3. Overview of Northeastern Pomo -- 3.1 Phonology of Northeastern Pomo -- 3.2 The Default Verbal Suffix (dvs) -- 4. Controversy over Northeastern Pomo -- 4.1 Background -- 4.2 Minimum speech community size in California -- 5. Retentions -- 5.1 Laryngeal increments -- 5.2 Glottal-initial words -- 6. Language-internal innovations -- 6.1 Change of *pʰ to /f/ -- 6.2 Citation form of animate nouns
6.3 First-person verbal suffix -- 6.4 Adjectives -- 7. Contact-induced phenomena -- 7.1 Merger of *s and *š -- 7.2 Fronting of *k to t̯ -- 7.3 Voiceless laterals and voiceless allophone of rhotic -- 7.4 Alienable vs. inalienable possession -- 7.5 Nominative/accusative case marking -- 8. Conclusion -- References -- Synchronic and diachronic accounts of phonological features in Central Chumash languages -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Phonological processes in Central Chumash languages -- 3.1 Word-final glottalization -- 3.2 Word final [h] -- 3.3 Word final ejective obstruents -- 3.4 Allomorphy as a reason to prefer diachronic explanations -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Part II: North America: Athabaskan, Iroquoian, and Uto-Aztecan -- Contact and semantic shift in extreme language endangerment -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Ahtna directionals -- 2.1 Morphology of the directionals -- 2.2 Semantics of the directional stems -- 2.3 Absolute frame of reference and Major River Orientation -- 3. The Ahtna region -- 4. Riverine directionals in a cardinal world -- 4.1 The bilingual fieldwork conditions -- 4.2 Hints of contact-induced change -- 4.3 Evidence of change: 'Upriver' becoming equated with 'north' -- 4.4 The role of general topography -- 4.4.1 Ngge' 'upland' in the Matanuska River drainage -- 4.4.2 Tgge' 'up (vertically)' along the Tazlina River to Tazlina Lake. -- 4.4.3 Why ngge' and tgge'? -- 5. Conclusion -- Appendix: Transcription conventions -- References -- "Excorporation" in a Dene (Athabaskan) language -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The structure of the verb word: The conjunct-disjunct distinction -- 2.1 The conjunct/disjunct distinction: A brief introduction -- 2.2 The word nature of the verb unit -- 2.3 A return to the disjunct/conjunct distinction: Differences in patterning
3. The historical development of the verb word: A brief overview -- 4. Prefix-initial nasals: Reflexes in FGH Dene -- 5. What is more conservative? -- 6. Further dismantling -- 6.1 Tone -- 6.2 h-epenthesis -- 7. Interim summary -- 8. Why the strengthening? -- 8.1 The shift in nasalization: Reducing allomorphy -- 8.2 h-epenthesis -- 8.3 Tone -- 8.4 Summary -- 9. Consequences: Two perspectives -- 9.1 A linguistic perspective -- 9.2 A socio-cultural perspective -- 10. Conclusion -- References -- Contact and change in Oneida -- 1. Early contact history -- 2. History of literacy -- 3. Structural barriers to borrowing into Oneida -- 3.1 Oneida morphology -- 3.2 Simplified structure -- 3.3 Simplification for measures -- 3.4 Semantic shifts -- 3.5 Borrowing names -- 4. Oneida's relationship with Mohawk -- 4.1 Contacts -- 4.2. Language differences -- 4.2.1 Sounds and spellings -- 4.2.2 r vs l -- 4.2.3 Epenthesis -- 4.2.4 Accent shift -- 4.2.5 Whispering -- 4.2.5.1 Description of whispering. The process that involves devoicing of final syllables was described by Lounsbury (1942, 1953) as characteristic of sentence-final pronunciations. Because it is somewhat problematic to define sentences (­independent of t -- 4.2.5.2 Development of whispering. Was this whispering process part of Oneida in the late 18th century? The documents in the Kirklandcollection show almost no evidence of it. There are just a few words where an expected final syllable is ­missing but ther -- 4.3. Awareness of differences -- 5. Semantic borrowing -- 5.1 Pressure for borrowing -- 5.2 'metal' to 'money' -- 5.3 'serious' to 'sacred' -- 6. 20th Century -- 6.1 Borrowing -- 6.2 Codeswitching -- 6.3 Continuing change -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Huron/Wendat interactions with the Seneca language -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Language shift as captured in the Tsonnontuan dictionaries
3. How Tsonnontuan relates to Pre-Seneca reconstructions -- 4. Wendat phonology in the Tsonnontuan dictionaries -- 4.1 Wendat changes not reflected in Tsonnontuan or Modern Seneca -- 5. Lexical borrowings from Wendat into Seneca -- 6. Meaning differences reflected in the Tsonnontuan dictionaries -- 7. Wendat influence on Modern Seneca grammar -- 8. Speaking Seneca with a Wendat accent -- 9. Conclusion -- References -- The usual suspects -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The usual suspects -- 2.1 'Do' -ni- -- 2.1.1 Still residually lexical -- 2.1.2 Grammaticalized -- 2.2 'Make'/'become' -ti-/-ri- -- 2.3 'Be' -ra-/-ta- -- 2.3.1 Still marginally lexical -- 2.3.2 More recent grammaticalization -- 2.3.3 The nominalizer or passive suffix -ta -- 2.4 'Have'/'be' -ga- -- 2.4.1 Still marginally lexical -- 2.4.2 Multiple grammaticalization -- 2.5 'Go' -kwa- -- 2.5.1 Still marginally lexical -- 2.5.2 Grammaticalized -- 3. Near-terminal stage -- 3.1 'Go' -pa-/-va- -- 3.2 'Be' -na- -- 4. Discussion -- References -- Part III: Northern Mexico, Mesoamerica and South America -- Language documentation and historical linguistics -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical perspectives -- 3. Why is language documentation, particularly documentation of endangered languages, important to historical linguistics? -- 4. Hypotheses about possible kinds of changes in endangered languages -- 4.1 Normal change? -- 5. Language documentation contributions to historical linguistics -- 5.1 Xinkan agriculture and views of language diversification -- 5.2 Language contact in Misión La Paz and change in situations of intensive language contact -- 5.3 Lexical borrowing in Matacoan languages -- 5.4 Broader implications of the MLP situation -- 6. Historical linguistic contributions to language documentation and language revitalization -- 7. Conclusions -- References
The Jakaltek Popti' noun classifier system -- Introduction -- 1. Outline of the Jakaltek noun classifier system -- 1.1 The categorization schema of the Jakaltek noun classifier system -- 1.2 A grammaticalized noun classifier system -- 1.3 How the specifics of the Jakaltek system fed a typology of classifier systems -- 2. A frozen system in the 1970s, that had been more open at colonization time -- 2.1 Constraints on the classification schema in the 1970s -- 2.2 Earlier adaptability of the system in colonial times -- 3. Extensive changes in the system by 2000 -- 3.1 Data collection -- 3.2 Types of changes observed -- 3.2.1 Changes pertaining to non-traditional materials -- 3.2.2 Regularized use of postnominal mention of non-traditional material -- 3.2.3 A new case of class extension for plastic objects -- 3.2.4 Changes in the semantic motivation of existing classifiers -- 3.2.5 Addition of new classifiers to the inventory -- 3.3 Conclusions on all the ongoing changes in the functioning of the system -- 4. Discussion: Classifier systems and language contact -- 4.1 Variation and change in an endangered language environment -- 4.2 An endangered Mayan language in the midst of revitalization efforts -- 4.2 Epilogue on cycles of classifier systems and language contact -- References -- Language contact and word structure -- 1. The Tariana of north-west Amazonia: Past and present -- 2. How the Tariana language has changed under Tucano influence -- 3. Recent changes in Tariana under pressure from Tucano -- 3.1 The Tucano influence on Tariana morphology: Verb compounding -- 3.2 How language contact has affected the order of morphemes in Tariana -- 4. To conclude -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Auxiliation and typological shift -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Quechua language family and its contact situation -- 3. Native diachronic processes -- 3.1 Auxiliation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Languages in contact -- America -- History
Language and languages -- Variation -- History
Linguistic change -- America -- History
Historical linguistics -- America
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Native American Languages.
Historical linguistics
Language and languages -- Variation
Languages in contact
Linguistic change
America
Genre/Form Festschriften
History
Festschriften.
Form Electronic book
Author Berez-Kroeker, Andrea L., editor
Hintz, Diane M., editor
Jany, Carmen, 1970- editor.
Mithun, Marianne, honouree
LC no. 2016005237
ISBN 9789027267337
9027267332