Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volume 5: Linguistics

Robert Wauchope

Published by University of Texas Press 1967

Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volume 5

Linguistics

Robert Wauchope
Edited by: Norman A. McQuown

https://doi.org/10.7560/736658

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This volume, the fifth in the Handbook of Middle American Indians, presents a summary of work accomplished since the Spanish conquest in the contemporary description and historical reconstruction of the indigenous languages and language families of Mexico and Central America.

The essays include the following: “Inventory of Descriptive Materials” by William Bright; “Inventory of Classificatory Materials” by Maria Teresa Fernández de Miranda, “Lexicostatistic Classification” by Morris Swadesh, “Systemic Comparison and Reconstruction” by Robert Longacre, and “Environmental Correlational Studies” by Sarah C. Gudschinsky.

Sketches of Classical Nahuatl by Stanley Newman, Classical Yucatec Maya by Norman A. McQuown, and Classical Quiché by Munro S. Edmonson provide working tools for tackling the voluminous early postconquest texts in these languages of late preconquest empires (Aztec, Maya, Quiché). Further sketches of Sierra Popoluca by Benjamin F. Elson, of Isthmus Zapotec by Velma B. Pickett, of Huautla de Jiménez Mazatec by Eunice V. Pike, of Jiliapan Pame by Leonardo Manrique C., and of Huamelultec Chontal by Viola Waterhouse—together with those of Nahuatl, Maya, and Quiché—provide not only descriptive outlines of as many different linguistic structures but also linguistic representatives of seven structurally different families of Middle American languages. Miguel Léon-Portilla presents an outline of the relations between language and the culture of which it is a part and provides examples of some of these relations as revealed by contemporary research in indigenous Middle America.

The volume editor, Norman A. McQuown (1914–2005), was Professor of Anthropology at The University of Chicago. He formerly taught at Hunter College and served with the Mexican Department of Indian Affairs. He carried out fieldwork with Totonac, Huastec, Tzeltal-Tzotzil, Mame, and other tribes.

The Handbook of Middle American Indians was assembled and edited at the Middle American Research Institute of Tulane University with the assistance of grants from the National Science Foundation and under the sponsorship of the National Research Council Committee on Latin American Anthropology.

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Robert Wauchope (1909–1979) was the director of the Middle American Research Institute at Tulane University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
1. History of Studies in Middle American Linguistics Norman A. McQuown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Inventory of Descriptive Materials William Bright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
3. Inventory of Classificatory Materials Maria Teresa Fernández de Miranda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
4. Lexicostatistic Classification Morris Swadesh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
5. Systemic Comparison and Reconstruction Robert Longacre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
6. Environmental Correlational Studies Sarah C. Gudschinsky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
7. Type Linguistic Descriptions
A. Classical Nahuatl Stanley Newman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
B. Classical Yucatec (Maya) Norman A. McQuown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
C. Classical Quiche Munro S. Edmonson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
D. Sierra Popoluca Benjamin F. Elson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
E. Isthmus Zapotec Velma B. Pickett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
F. Huautla de Jiménez Mazatec Eunice V. Pike Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
G. Jiliapan Pame Leonardo C. Manrique Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
H. Huamelultec Chontal Viola Waterhouse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
8. Language-in-Culture Studies Miguel León-Portilla Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	369
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	385

Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Copyright year: 1967
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
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Published: January 7, 2015
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