The Native Languages of California
Author: Roland Burrage Dixon
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Published: 1903
Total Pages: 54
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Author: Roland Burrage Dixon
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Published: 1903
Total Pages: 54
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alfred Louis Kroeber
Publisher: Berkeley : University Press
Published: 1912
Total Pages: 498
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Victor Golla
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2022-02
Total Pages: 395
ISBN-13: 0520389670
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNowhere was the linguistic diversity of the New World more extreme than in California, where an extraordinary variety of village-dwelling peoples spoke seventy-eight mutually unintelligible languages. This comprehensive illustrated handbook, a major synthesis of more than 150 years of documentation and study, reviews what we now know about California's indigenous languages. Victor Golla outlines the basic structural features of more than two dozen language types and cites all the major sources, both published and unpublished, for the documentation of these languages—from the earliest vocabularies collected by explorers and missionaries, to the data amassed during the twentieth-century by Alfred Kroeber and his colleagues, to the extraordinary work of John P. Harrington and C. Hart Merriam. Golla also devotes chapters to the role of language in reconstructing prehistory, and to the intertwining of language and culture in pre-contact California societies, making this work, the first of its kind, an essential reference on California’s remarkable Indian languages.
Author: Leanne Hinton
Publisher: Heyday Books
Published: 2022-06-06
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781597145664
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn essential book on California's Indigenous languages, updated for the first time in over 25 years Before outsiders arrived, about one hundred distinct Indigenous languages were spoken in California, and many of them are in use today. Since its original publication in 1994, Flutes of Fire has become one of the classic books about California's many Native languages. It is written to be approachable, entertaining, and informative--useful for people doing language revitalization work in their own communities, for linguists, and for a general readership interested in California's rich cultural heritage. With significant updates by the author, this is the first new edition of Flutes of Fire in over 25 years. New chapters highlight the exciting efforts of language activists in recent times, as well as contemporary writing in several of California's Native languages. Both a practical guide and a joy to read, Flutes of Fire is an essential book for anyone who cares about the Indigenous languages of California and their flourishing for many generations to come.
Author: Leanne Hinton
Publisher: Heyday
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 280
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKBefore outsiders arrived, about 100 distinct Indian languages were spoken in California, many of them alive today. Each of these languages represents a unique way of understanding the world and expressing that understanding. Flutes of Fire examines many different aspects of Indian languages: languages, such as Yana, in which men and women have markedly different ways of speaking; ingenious ways used in each language for counting. Hinton discusses how language can retain evidence of ancient migrations, and addresses what different groups are doing to keep languages alive and pass them down to the younger generations.
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Published: 2020
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ISBN-13: 9781597145015
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alfred L. Kroeber
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Published: 1911
Total Pages: 12
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Published: 1964
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Dolan H. Eargle, Jr.
Publisher: Trees Company Press
Published: 2008-01-01
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 0937401110
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis lavishly illustrated book is the only complete and contemporary introductory guide to all the Native peoples in California. Arranged by geographical area and by language groups, Native California includes reservations, rancherias, federally recognized tribes without lands, unrecognized tribes and peoples with out-of-state origins. History, maps, interviews, overviews, essays, informational appendices. copyright 2008
Author: William Bright
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780810815476
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive, annotated listing of over a thousand books, monographs, and articles containing substantive information on all the American Indian languages of California and closely related languages outside its boundaries. Important book reviews are included, as are unpublished theses and dissertations. The main listing is by author, with cross-references for co-author. A single index, which refers back to the main listing by item numbers, lists general works; names of dialects, languages, and language families; and miscellaneous topics.