The Languages of Native North America

By (author): "Marianne Mithun"
Publish Date: 1999
The Languages of Native North America
ISBN052129875X
ISBN139780521298759
AsinThe Languages of Native North America
Original titleThe Languages of Native North America (Cambridge Language Surveys)
This book is a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the native North American languages. These several hundred languages show tremendous genetic and typological diversity, and offer numerous challenges to current linguistic theory. The book includes an overview of their special characteristics, descriptions of special styles, a catalog of the languages that details their locations, genetic affiliations, number of speakers, and major structural features, and lists published material on them.