3 The acquisition of Middle American languages

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of contents V
3. List of Contributors VII
4. 1 Preface 1
5. I Topics
6. 2 Missionary linguistics in Mesoamerica 5
7. 3 The acquisition of Middle American languages 33
8. 4 Space in languages in Mexico and Central America 61
9. II Families and languages
10. 5 Extinct lineages and unclassified languages of Mexico 99
11. 6 Uto-Aztecan 159
12. 7 Purepecha: An isolate non-Mesoamerican language in Mesoamerica 209
13. 8 Comparative Oto-Mangean grammar research 255
14. 9 The Popolocan languages 415
15. 10 The Zapotecan languages 457
16. 11 The Oto-Pamean languages 511
17. 12 Totonacan languages 555
18. 13 The Chontal language family 599
19. 14 A typological overview of Mixe-Zoquean languages 627
20. 15 Mayan languages: An overview of their properties 687
21. 16 Tol (Jicaque) 731
22. 17 Xinkan and Lencan 775
23. 18 Emerging sign languages of Mesoamerica: A review 815
24. 19 Middle American Spanish 855
25. Index of languages 885
26. Index of names 899
27. Index of subjects 911