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North & Central American indigenous languages

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
Paper edition
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9780781808620
ISBN
9780781808620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 23.37

hardcover. Num Pages: 764 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 2AB; 2ADS; 2JNN; CBDX; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1234.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
764
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804711838
ISBN
9780804711838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 177.84

Hardback. Documents the crucial role played by language in cultural conquest: how colonial Mayan emerged in the age of the cross, how it was taken up by native writers to become the language of indigenous literature, and how it ultimately became the language of rebellion against the system that produced it. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 484 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 17 maps, 25 tables, 41 examples. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2JNM; 3JB; CBX; CFB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257702
ISBN
9780520257702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.36
€ 55.71

Paperback. This classic reference work is based upon both Northern Cree (the "TH" dialect) and Plains Cree (the "Y") dialect. Editor(s): Cardinal, George. Num Pages: 604 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2JNC; CBDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
577
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888642844
ISBN
9780888642844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.75
€ 45.41

Paperback. Documents the contributions of Native Americans to the notion of American nationhood and to concepts of American identity at a crucial, defining time in US history. This book examines the rhetoric and writings of nineteenth-century Native Americans, including William Apess, Black Hawk, George Copway, John Rollin Ridge, and Sarah Winnemucca. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2JN; DSB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822319443
ISBN
9780822319443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.52

Paperback. Series: Borealis Book S. Num Pages: 422 pages. BIC Classification: 2JN; CBDX; CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 140 x 34. Weight in Grams: 790.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873512817
ISBN
9780873512817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.17

Hardback. When Mary R Haas died in 1996, she left behind several thousand pages of notes and texts in the Creek (Muskogee) language collected in Oklahoma from 1936 to 1940. This title deals with this work. Series: UC Publications in Linguistics. Num Pages: 819 pages, 2 b/w, 2 musical examples. BIC Classification: 2JNC; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 188 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1598.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286429
ISBN
9780520286429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.29
€ 48.87

Paperback. Yup'ik elders of southwest Alaska recall, "Our ancestors were never heavy with a tool kit." They carried in their minds what they needed to live rich lives in the harsh environment of the Bering Sea coast. This volume gives readers a sense of the complexity and variety of Yup'ik tools and technology. Editor(s): Fienup-Riordan, Ann. Translator(s): Meade, Marie. Num Pages: 360 pages, 60 illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2JN; CF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 180 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987804
ISBN
9780295987804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.01

Hardback. Highlights the large array of Indigenous linguistic and cultural groups of the US Southeast. The traditional and modern Native literature genres showcased include stories that speakers perceive to be in the past, genres that have developed alongside these stories, and modern story types that have sometimes supplanted traditional tales. Editor(s): Haag, Marcia. Series: Native Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 366 pages, 1 map, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 2JN; CF; DQ; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780803262874
ISBN
9780803262874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.08

Paperback. Cupeno exhibits many typological features, including split ergativity, that require linguists to revise our understanding of the development of the Uto-Aztecan family of languages in historical and areal perspective. This grammar reviews the phonology, morphology, syntax and discourse features of Cupeno, a Uto-Aztecan language of California. Series: UC Publications in Linguistics. Num Pages: 550 pages, 40 tables. BIC Classification: 2JNN; CJBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 917.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520246379
ISBN
9780520246379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.97
€ 40.61

Paperback. First published compilation by the Squamish Nation of Skwxwu7mesh Snichim Editor(s): Jacobs, Peter; Jacobs, Damara. Num Pages: 390 pages, 1 bw photos, 1 color photos, 1 maps,. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2JN; CBDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990224
ISBN
9780295990224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 2JN; CF; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 214 x 14. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873518468
ISBN
9780873518468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.73

Paperback. For ten winter days in 1977, the orator Paul John - widely respected as a dean of Yupik elders - held an audience of Yupik students rapt at Nelson Island High School in southwest Alaska. This book records one elder's attempt to create a moral universe for future generations through stories about the special knowledge of the Yupik people. Editor(s): Fienup-Riordan, Ann. Translator(s): Shield, Sophie. Num Pages: 856 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 2JN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
856
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295983509
ISBN
9780295983509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.46

Paperback. In this appealing, episodic volume, poet and painter Neal McLeod shows us how the funny, vibrant, and sometimes salacious language of Cree gives us the chance to see the world in a different way. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 2JNC; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 139. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889774292
ISBN
9780889774292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.75

Paperback. This book, based on many years of teaching the natural language, is a set of lessons that can be understood by students working alone or used in organized classes and contains an abundance of examples that serve as exercises. Num Pages: 264 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2JNN; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804744584
ISBN
9780804744584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 164 pages, 9000 entries. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2JN; CBDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9780781802475
ISBN
9780781802475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.28

Hardback. Nowhere was the linguistic diversity of the New World more extreme than in California, where a variety of village-dwelling peoples spoke seventy-eight mutually unintelligible languages. This illustrated handbook reviews what we know about California's indigenous languages. Num Pages: 400 pages, 84 photos, 39 maps, 80 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 2JN; CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 223 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1342.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520266674
ISBN
9780520266674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.14
€ 72.97

paperback. Based on linguistic research carried out with Delaware speakers at Moraviantown, this is the first modern dictionary of Munsee Delaware. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 660 pages. BIC Classification: 2JN; CBG; CJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 171 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
660
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442627109
ISBN
9781442627109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.76
€ 56.94

Hardback. Joins the issues of language survival and indigenous identity to present a unique perspective on the place of language within culture Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2JNC; CFB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803225299
ISBN
9780803225299
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.23

Paperback. This volume describes aspects of word- and sentence-formation in Nuuchahnulth (formerly known as Nootka), a language spoken on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Aspects included are polysynthetic word formation, word classes, and clause structure. Series: UC Publications in Linguistics. Num Pages: 183 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 2JN; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
183
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520098411
ISBN
9780520098411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 2JN; CBD; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
First edition
SKU
V9780816624287
ISBN
9780816624287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2JNG; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 279 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873517805
ISBN
9780873517805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.01

Hardcover. Num Pages: 398 pages, 6 color illustrations, 116 black-and-white illustrations, 49 color photographs, 20 black-. BIC Classification: 1QDAK; 2JN; CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 223 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884023685
ISBN
9780884023685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.24
€ 57.13

Paperback. This two-volume Cree dictionary documents the Cree language. It provides both a guide to its spoken form for non-speakers and a guide to its written forms (both SRO and Syllabics) for speakers and non-speakers alike. Num Pages: 622 pages. BIC Classification: 2JN; CF; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 170 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889771277
ISBN
9780889771277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.63
€ 52.12

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