Language contact and change in Mesoamerica and beyond
by Dakin, Karen Operstein, Natalie Parodi, Claudia
Title Statements
- Full title :Language contact and change in Mesoamerica and beyond / edited by Karen Dakin, Claudia Parodi, Natalie Operstein.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2017
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):John Benjamins Publishing Company
- Place of Publication:Amsterdam
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2017
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (1 recurso electrónico.).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9789027265715, 9027265712
- oclc:on1105455156
- Dewey Decimal:409.72
Table of Contents
Language Contact and Change in Mesoamerica and Beyond; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Abbreviations and acronyms; Chapter 1. Language contact in Mesoamerica and beyond; 1. Introduction; 2. Language contact in Mesoamerica and beyond; 2.1 Contact among the indigenous languages; 2.2 Influence of indigenous languages on Spanish; 2.3 Influence of Spanish on indigenous languages; 3. Chapter summaries; 4. Conclusion; References.
Chapter 2. Spanish influence in two Tepehua languages: Structure-preserving, structure-changing, and structure-preferring effects1. Introduction; 2. Structure-preserving change; 2.1 Basic borrowing; 2.2 Incorporating Spanish verb forms; 3. Structure-changing influence; 3.1 Loss of the uvular; 3.2 Effect on syllable structure; 3.3 From three vowel positions to five; 3.4 Loss of contrast between voiced and voiceless laterals; 3.5 Bilabials and orthography; 4. Structure-preferring influence; 4.1 Progressive aspect; 4.2 Applicatives and prepositions; 5. Final observations; Acknowledgements.
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