ISBN:
9780806139227
Language:
English
Pages:
XIX, 354 S.
,
graph. Darst., Kt.
DDC:
497/.0979
Keywords:
Indians of North America Languages
;
Anthropological linguistics
;
Kalifornien Nordwest
;
Indianer
;
Kulturkontakt
;
Indianersprachen
;
Sprachkontakt
;
Sprachwandel
;
Ethnische Identität
;
Geschichte 1880-1920
Abstract:
Language and culture in northwestern California -- Linguistic relativity and the puzzle of northwestern California -- Geographical spatial orientation -- Linguistic systems of spatial reference -- Geography and cosmology -- The linguistic classifications of time -- The linguistic construction of time in narrative -- Classifying experience through language -- Cultural meaning in everyday vocabulary -- Language contact, multilingualism, and divergent drift -- Contact, extremism, and linguistic relativity in northwestern California
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