California Indian Languages

Zusatztext "A once-in-a-hundred year work. . . . Readable and enjoyable. . . . A landmark in the study of native Californian languages." Informationen zum Autor Victor Golla , a leading expert on the native languages of California, is Professor of Anthropology at Humboldt State University. He is the editor of The Sapir-Kroeber Correspondence: Letters Between Edward Sapir and Alfred Kroeber, 19051925 and of several volumes of The Collected Works of Edward Sapir . Klappentext "Victor Golla has been the leading scholar of California Indian languages for most of his professional life, and this book shows why. His ability to synthesize centuries of fieldwork and writings while bringing forward new ideas and fresh ways of looking at California's famous linguistic diversity will make this the primary text for anyone interested in California languages."Leanne Hinton, Professor Emerita of Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley and author of How to Keep Your Language Alive This book is a wonderful contribution that only Golla could have written. It is a perfect confluence of author and subject matter.Ives Goddard, Senior Linguist, Emeritus, Smithsonian Institution This is a truly magnificent work, at once authoritative, comprehensive, accessible to a wide readership, and fascinating. Masterfully integrating linguistic, archaeological, historical, and cultural information, the author describes not just the languages, but also the major figures in the story: speakers, explorers, missionaries, and scholars. It is beautifully written, a great pleasure to read, and difficult to put down."Marianne Mithun, author of The Languages of Native North America "Golla is a gifted polymath and California Indian Languages is certainly his landmark achievement, required reading for any linguist, archaeologist, ethnographer, or historian interested in aboriginal California."Robert L. Bettinger, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, and author of Hunter-Gatherer Foraging "The preeminent figure in his field, Victor Golla has written a masterpiece filled with treasures for every audience: Indian communities working toward cultural and linguistic revival; general readers interested in the many cultures of Native California; and scholars in the fields of language, archaeology, and prehistory. The information here is so detailed that it supersedes all previous reference works."Andrew Garrett, Professor of Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley, and Director of the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Zusammenfassung Nowhere was the linguistic diversity of the New World more extreme than in California, where a variety of village-dwelling peoples spoke seventy-eight mutually unintelligible languages. This illustrated handbook reviews what we know about California's indigenous languages. Inhaltsverzeichnis PREFACE PHONETIC ORTHOGRAPHY PART ONE Introduction: Defining California as a Sociolinguistic Area 1.1 Diversity 1.2 Tribelet and Language 1.3 Symbolic Function of California Languages 1.4 Languages and Migration 1.5 Multilingualism 1.6 Language Families and Phyla PART TWO History of Study Before Linguistics 2.1 Earliest Attestations 2.2 Jesuit Missionaries in Baja California 2.3 Franciscans in Alta California 2.4 Visitors and Collectors, 17801880 Linguistic Scholarship 2.5 Early Research Linguistics, 18651900 2.6 The Kroeber Era, 1900 to World War II 2.7 Independent Scholars, 19001940 2.8 Structural Linguists 2.9 The Survey of California (and Other) Indian Languages 2.10 The Contemporary Scene: Continuing Documentation and Research within and beyond the Academ...

"A lush and handy primer."

Autorentext
Victor Golla, a leading expert on the native languages of California, is Professor of Anthropology at Humboldt State University. He is the editor of The Sapir-Kroeber Correspondence: Letters Between Edward Sapir and Alfred Kroeber, 1905–1925 and of several volumes of The Collected Works of Edward Sapir.

Klappentext
"Victor Golla has been the leading scholar of California Indian languages for most of his professional life, and this book shows why. His ability to synthesize centuries of fieldwork and writings while bringing forward new ideas and fresh ways of looking at California’s famous linguistic diversity will make this the primary text for anyone interested in California languages."—Leanne Hinton, Professor Emerita of Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley and author of How to Keep Your Language Alive

“This book is a wonderful contribution that only Golla could have written. It is a perfect confluence of author and subject matter.”—Ives Goddard, Senior Linguist, Emeritus, Smithsonian Institution

“This is a truly magnificent work, at once authoritative, comprehensive, accessible to a wide readership, and fascinating. Masterfully integrating linguistic, archaeological, historical, and cultural information, the author describes not just the languages, but also the major figures in the story: speakers, explorers, missionaries, and scholars. It is beautifully written, a great pleasure to read, and difficult to put down."—Marianne Mithun, author of The Languages of Native North America

"Golla is a gifted polymath and California Indian Languages is certainly his landmark achievement, required reading for any linguist, archaeologist, ethnographer, or historian interested in aboriginal California."—Robert L. Bettinger, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, and author of Hunter-Gatherer Foraging

"The preeminent figure in his field, Victor Golla has written a masterpiece filled with treasures for every audience: Indian communities working toward cultural and linguistic revival; general readers interested in the many cultures of Native California; and scholars in the fields of language, archaeology, and prehistory. The information here is so detailed that it supersedes all previous reference works."—Andrew Garrett, Professor of Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley, and Director of the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages

Zusammenfassung
Nowhere was the linguistic diversity of the New World more extreme than in California, where a variety of village-dwelling peoples spoke seventy-eight mutually unintelligible languages. This illustrated handbook reviews what we know about California's indigenous languages.

Inhalt
PREFACE
PHONETIC ORTHOGRAPHY

PART ONE Introduction: Defining California as a Sociolinguistic Area
1.1 Diversity 
1.2 Tribelet and Language
1.3 Symbolic Function of California Languages
1.4 Languages and Migration
1.5 Multilingualism
1.6 Language Families and Phyla

PART TWO History of Study

Before Linguistics 
2.1 Earliest Attestations
2.2 Jesuit Missionaries in Baja California 
2.3 Franciscans in Alta California
2.4 Visitors and Collectors, 1780–1880

Linguistic Scholarship 
2.5 Early Research Linguistics, 1865–1900 
2.6 The Kroeber Era, 1900 to World War II
2.7 Independent Scholars, 1900–1940
2.8 Structural Linguists
2.9 The Survey of California (and Other) Indian Languages
2.10 The Contemporary Scene: Continuing Documentation and Research within and beyond the Academy

PART THREE Languages and Language Families

Algic Languages
3.1 California Algic Languages (Ritwan)
3.2 Wiyot
3.3 Yurok

Athabaskan (Na-Dene) Languages 
3.4 The Pacific Coast Athabaskan Languages
3.5 Lower Columbia Athabaskan (Kwalhioqua-Tlatskanai)
3.6 Oregon Athabaskan Languages
3.7 California Athabaskan Languages

Hokan Languages
3.8 The Hokan Phylum
3.9 Karuk 
3.10 Chimariko
3.11 Shastan Languages
3.12 Palaihnihan Languages
3.13 Yana
3.14 …