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cambridge.org>Title: The Languages of the Andes Series Title: Cambridge Language Surveys Publication Year: 2004 Publisher: Cambridge University Press http://www.cup.org Book URL: http://www.cup.org/linguistics Author: Willem F.H. Adelaar, Universiteit Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands Author: Pieter C. Muysken, Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Hardback: ISBN: 052136275X, Pages: 744, Price: U.S. $ $120.00 Abstract: The Andean and Pacific regions of South America are home to a remarkable variety of languages and language families, with a range of typological differences. Documenting the indigenous languages of this region, as well as of adjacent areas, Willem Andelaar and Pieter Muysken provide historical as well as contemporary information about the languages of the Andes. Illustrated with detailed grammatical sketches, their book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of linguistics and anthropology. Contents: 1. Introduction: the languages of the Andes 2. The Chibcha sphere 3. The Inca sphere 4. Languages of the eastern slopes 5. The Araucanian sphere 6. Languages of Tierra del Fuego 7. Varieties of Spanish in the Andes. Lingfield(s): Anthropological Linguistics Written In: English (Language Code: ENG) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=9951.Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue