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Esselen studies : language, culture, and prehistory
- Title
- Esselen studies : language, culture, and prehistory / David Leedom Shaul.
- Author
- Shaul, David Leedom.
- Publication
- Muenchen : Lincom GmbH, 2019.
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- Description
- ix, 431 pages; 25 cm.
- Summary
- The Esselen language is an isolate within the Hokan phylum that was spoken in Monterey County (California) by five local tribes who formed a regional trade network. Preferred marriage was within each local tribe, except for chiefly families. There were two dialects, but each local tribe must maintained and negociated tribal identity with distrinctive speech. More extensive treatment is given of Esselen phonology and morphosyntax than any previous work on Esselen. New information includes Esselen music, complete treatment of Esselen dialects (Western, Eastern), and the Hokan character of Esselen. Terrence Kaufman's seminal work on comparative Hokan allows for a better understanding of Esselen structure and linguistic prehistory. About 70% of the traceable Esselen morphemes have Hokan etymologies; the rest were borrowed from Uto-Aztecan, Utian, and Chumashan.
- Series Statement
- LINCOM Studies in Native American Linguistics ; 83
- Uniform Title
- LINCOM studies in Native American linguistics ; 83.
- Subject
- Esselen language
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-5186
- ISBN
- 9783862889860
- 3862889866
- LCCN
- 9783862889860
- OCLC
- 1132875180
- Author
- Shaul, David Leedom.
- Title
- Esselen studies : language, culture, and prehistory / David Leedom Shaul.
- Publisher
- Muenchen : Lincom GmbH, 2019.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- LINCOM Studies in Native American Linguistics ; 83LINCOM studies in Native American linguistics ; 83.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9783862889860
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-5186