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BL
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1014342
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b768712
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| Main Entry
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Brown, Cecil H.,1944-
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| Title & Author
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Lexical acculturation in Native American languages /\ Cecil H. Brown.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1999.
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| Series Statement
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Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ;; 20
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1 online resource (259 pages)
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| ISBN
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0195352874
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: 1602562954
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: 9780195352870
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: 9781602562950
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0195121619
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9780195121612
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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ONE: Introduction; TWO: Methodology; THREE: Nomenclature; FOUR: Lexical Universals; FIVE: Lexical Borrowability; SIX: Regional Patterns and Bilingualism; SEVEN: Lexical Replacement; EIGHT: Native Term Diffusion; NINE: European Loan Diffusion; TEN: Loan Shift: A Brief Case Study; ELEVEN: Postcontact Linguistic Areas; TWELVE: Conclusion; APPENDIX A: Statistical Reports on Individual Items of Acculturation; APPENDIX B: Lexical Sources and Other Information for 292 Language Cases; References; Index of Languages, Items of Acculturation, Personal and Geographical Names; Subject Index.
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| Abstract
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The author of this study explores the nature of acculturation in the encounter between Europeans and Native Americans. Specifically, he examines how Native American languages adjusted to the introduction of foreign objects and concepts after 1492, discerning patterns of linguistics.
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Indians-- Cultural assimilation.
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Indians-- Languages-- Lexicology, Historical.
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Languages in contact-- North America-- History.
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Languages, Mixed-- History.
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Indiens-- Acculturation.
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Indiens-- Langues-- Lexicologie historique.
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Langues en contact-- Amérique du Nord-- Histoire.
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Langues mixtes-- Amérique du Nord-- Histoire.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY-- Native American Languages.
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Indians-- Cultural assimilation.
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Languages in contact.
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Languages, Mixed.
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North America.
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| Dewey Classification
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497
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| LC Classification
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PM220.B76 1999eb
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