Historical overview: Descriptive and comparative research on South American Indian languages

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of contributors vii
4. Preface ix
5. Historical overview: Descriptive and comparative research on South American Indian languages 1
6. Classification of the indigenous languages of South America 59
7. Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking 167
8. Contacts between indigenous languages in South America 235
9. Typological characteristics of South American indigenous languages 259
10. The phonetics and phonology of South American languages 331
11. Chibchan languages 391
12. Linguistic studies in the Cariban family 441
13. Tupían 495
14. Languages of the Middle Andes in areal-typological perspective: Emphasis on Quechuan and Aymaran 575
15. Languages of the Chaco and Southern Cone 625
16. Index 669