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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      29 August 2010
      26 November 2009
      ISBN:
      9780511694486
      9781108006477
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511694486
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      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.5kg, 396 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Linguistic Anthropology, History, History of Native American Peoples, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Anthropology
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics
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    Subjects:
    Linguistic Anthropology, History, History of Native American Peoples, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Anthropology
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics
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    First published in 1891, this book was the earliest attempt to construct a systematic classification of all the indigenous languages of the Americas, focusing particularly on the relationship between culture and grammar and vocabulary. It addresses the various theories of the origins of the American race, and the archaeological evidence for the presence of humans in the Americas. It discusses geologists' opinions and the physical geography of the Americas in relation to Europe, and considers the physical characteristics of the Native Americans, their culture, religion, domestic habits and family organisation, providing a comprehensive anthropological and historical context for the linguistic work. Special attention is paid to the parts of the continent, mostly south of Mexico, whose ethnography was little known at the time of writing. Each chapter covers a particular region, and there is a detailed linguistic appendix.

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