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Language Contact in Amazonia

Language Contact in Amazonia

Hardcover

Series: Oxford Linguistics

Indigenous Languages of the AmericasLinguisticsGeneral Music

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ISBN10: 019925785X
ISBN13: 9780199257850
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Published: Mar 27 2003
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.61
Height: 1.20 Width: 9.30 Depth: 6.30
Language: English
This book investigates the contact between Arawak and Tucanoan languages spoken in the Vaupés river basin in northwest Amazonia, which spans Colombia and Brazil. In this region language is seen as a badge of identity: language mixing is resisted for ideological reasons. The book considers
which parts of the language categories are likely to be borrowed. This study also examines changes brought about by recent contact with European languages and culture, and the linguistic effects of language obsolescence.

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