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Mid-holocene language connections between Asia and North America
- Title
- Mid-holocene language connections between Asia and North America / by Michael Fortescue, Edward Vajda.
- Author
- Fortescue, Michael D.
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Vajda, Edward J.
- Description
- xiv, 531 pages : illustrations, maps (some color); 25 cm.
- Summary
- "This volume presents the up-to-date results of investigations into the Asian origins of the only two languages families of North America that are widely acknowledged as having likely genetic links in northern Asia. It brings together all that has been proposed to date under the respective rubrics of the Uralo-Siberian (Eskimo-Yukaghir-Uralic) hypothesis and the Dene-Yeniseian hypothesis. The evolution of the two parallel research strategies for fleshing out these likely linguistic links between North America and Asia are compared and contrasted. Although focusing on stringently controlled linguistic reconstructions the volume draws upon archaeological and human genetic data where relevant"--
- Series Statement
- Brill's studies in the indigenous languages of the Americas, 1876-5580 ; volume 17
- Uniform Title
- Brill's studies in the indigenous languages of the Americas ; v. 17.
- Subject
- Eskimo-Aleut languages > Grammar, Comparative > Uralic
- Eskimo-Aleut languages > Grammar, Comparative > Yukaghir
- Uralic languages > Grammar, Comparative > Eskimo-Aleut
- Yukaghir language > Grammar, Comparative > Eskimo-Aleut
- Na-Dene languages > Grammar, Comparative > Yeniseian
- Yeniseian languages > Grammar, Comparative > Na-Dene
- Yeniseian languages
- Na-Dene languages
- Yukaghir language
- Uralic languages > Grammar, Comparative
- Uralic languages
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 22-3108
- ISBN
- 9789004436817
- 9004436812
- LCCN
- 2021056698
- 40031020058
- OCLC
- 1276933955
- Author
- Fortescue, Michael D., author.
- Title
- Mid-holocene language connections between Asia and North America / by Michael Fortescue, Edward Vajda.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Brill's studies in the indigenous languages of the Americas, 1876-5580 ; volume 17Brill's studies in the indigenous languages of the Americas ; v. 17.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Vajda, Edward J., author.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Fortescue, Michael D. Mid-holocene language connections between Asia and North America Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] 9789004436824 (DLC) 2021056699
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40031020058
- Research Call Number
- JFE 22-3108