The native languages of South America : origins, development, typology /
edited by Loretta O'Connor and Pieter Muysken.
- Cambridge, United Kingdom : University Printing House ; (c)2014. New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Human migrations, dispersals, and contacts in South America / Basic vocabulary comparison in South American languages / Structural features and language contact in the Isthmo-Colombian area / The Andean foothills and adjacent Amazonian fringe / The Andean matrix / The Arawakan matrix / The Tupian expansion / Language internal and external factors in the development of the desiderative in South American indigenous languages / Verbal argument marking patterns in South American languages / The noun phrase: focus on demonstratives, redrawing the semantic map / Subordination strategies in South America: nominalization / The languages of South America: deep families, areal relationships, and language contact / Loretta O'Connor and Vishnupriya Kolipakam -- Harald Hammarstrom -- Loretta O'Connor -- Rik van Gijn -- Simon van de Kerke and Pieter Muysken -- Love Eriksen and Swintha Danielsen -- Love Eriksen and Ana Vilacy Galucio -- Neele Mueller -- Joshua Birchall -- Olga Krasnoukhova -- Rik van Gijn -- Joshua Birchall, Swintha Danielsen, Love Eriksen, Ana Vilacy Galucio, Rik van Gijn, Harald Hammarstrom, Simon van de Kerke, Vishnupraya Kolipakam, Olga Krasnoukhova, Pieter Muysken, Neele Muller, Loretta O'Connor.