List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction to the languages and their speakers -- 1.1 The Xinkan linguistic context -- 1.2 Past work with the Xinkan languages -- 1.3 The Xinkan social and cultural contexts -- 1.4 Organizati…
"Once spoken only in Santa Rosa Department, Guatemala, the Xinkan language family is unique within Mesoamerica, comprising four closely related languages that are unrelated to any of the other language groups used within the region. Descriptions of Xinkan date to 1770 but are ty…
Up to now, the focus in the field of language documentation has been predominantly on North American and Australian languages. However, the greatest genetic diversity in languages is found in Latin America, home to over 100 distinct language families. This book gives the Latin A…
A concise and critical examination of capitalism, its alternatives, and how social and economic change might be achieved.
