Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface and Acknowledgements ix
4. List of abbreviations xi
5. List of figures xiii
6. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 2. The languages of North America 9
8. Chapter 3. Studies of the languages of North America 87
9. Chapter 4. Sound systems in Iroquoian languages 131
10. Chapter 5. Gender in Algonquian languages 173
11. Chapter 6. Cherokee verbs for washing 225
12. Chapter 7. Eskimo words for snow 275
13. Chapter 8. Concluding discussion 323
14. References 357
15. Index of Biographical Names 421
16. Index of Subjects and Terms 431
17. Index of Languages, Dialects and Language Families 439