Languages of the pre-Columbian Antilles

A linguistic analysis supporting a new model of the colonization of the Antilles before 1492. This work formulates a testable hypothesis of the origins and migration patterns of the aboriginal peoples of the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico), the Lucayan Islands (the Comm...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Granberry, Julian (-)
Otros Autores: Vescelius, Gary S.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press 2004.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31588591*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The pre-Columbian Antilles : an overview of research and sources
  • The languages of the Greater Antilles : a documentary view
  • Anomalous non-Ta?ino language data from the Greater Antilles
  • The primary archaeological correlates of language data from the Greater Antilles and their outliers
  • Languages of the Greater Antilles : a working hypothesis
  • The languages of the Lesser Antilles and their archaeological correlates
  • The toponymic method and the derivation of Ta?ino morphemes (with a note on Macor?is and Ciboney toponyms)
  • Toponyms and the settlement of the Lucayan Islands : a methodological test
  • Some principles of Ta?ino grammar
  • A short lexicon of Ta?ino morphemes and lexical forms
  • Antillean languages : an afterview.