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Pre-historical language contact in Peruvian Amazonia : a dynamic approach to Shawi (Kawapanan) / Luis Miguel Rojas-Berscia, University of Queensland.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Contact language library ; volume 58Publisher: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2021Edition: 2nd editionDescription: XXXVI;935 pages. illustrations black and whiteContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789027260215
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pre-historical language contact in Peruvian AmazoniaDDC classification:
  • 306.44/60985 23 SCH
LOC classification:
  • TA418.9 SCH
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Summary: "South America was populated relatively recently, probably around 15,000 years ago. Yet, instead of finding a relatively small number of language families, we find some 118 genealogical units. So far, the historical processes that underlie the current picture are not yet fully understood. This book represents a preliminary attempt at understanding the socio-historical dynamics behind language diversification in the region, focusing on the Kawapanan languages, particularly on Shawi. The book provides an introduction to the ideas behind the flux approach of Dynamic linguistics and later concentrates on prehistorical language contact, specifically in the northern Peruvian Andean sphere. The number of studies presented shed light on a layered picture in which a number of Kawapanan lects were used in non-polyglosic multilingual settings. The book explores the potential contact relationships between Kawapanan languages, Quechuan, Aymaran, Chachapuya, Cholón-Hibito, Arawak, Carib and Puelche. The analysis draws on data collected in the field over a period of eight years (2012-2020) with both Shawi and Shiwilu speakers and includes the first comprehensive grammar sketch of Shawi"-- Provided by publisher.
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Books Books GSU Library Epoch General Stacks TA418.9SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2019 Available 50000001482

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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"South America was populated relatively recently, probably around 15,000 years ago. Yet, instead of finding a relatively small number of language families, we find some 118 genealogical units. So far, the historical processes that underlie the current picture are not yet fully understood. This book represents a preliminary attempt at understanding the socio-historical dynamics behind language diversification in the region, focusing on the Kawapanan languages, particularly on Shawi. The book provides an introduction to the ideas behind the flux approach of Dynamic linguistics and later concentrates on prehistorical language contact, specifically in the northern Peruvian Andean sphere. The number of studies presented shed light on a layered picture in which a number of Kawapanan lects were used in non-polyglosic multilingual settings. The book explores the potential contact relationships between Kawapanan languages, Quechuan, Aymaran, Chachapuya, Cholón-Hibito, Arawak, Carib and Puelche. The analysis draws on data collected in the field over a period of eight years (2012-2020) with both Shawi and Shiwilu speakers and includes the first comprehensive grammar sketch of Shawi"-- Provided by publisher.

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