The Contribution of a Century of Americanist Studies to Historical Linguistics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5073247 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Beck (0000-0001-8422-7728, University of Alberta, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 447-466 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of American Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7071 • E-ISSN: 1545-7001 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/691792 |
| OpenAlex | W2710367227 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 168 |
Since the launch of IJAL 100 years ago, historical linguistics has been a central concern of researchers working on the languages of the Americas, and diachronic studies of New World language families have contributed substantially both to our knowledge of the development and dispersal of languages over time and to the refinement of the methods we use to study language history. This article surveys some of the most important developments over the past century, concentrating largely on work that has appeared in the Journal
Applied linguistics · Biological dispersal · Geography · Historical linguistics · Linguistics · Sociology · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies
Anthropological Linguistics
American Indian Languages
A Language of Our Own
Application of Phylogenetic Networks in Evolutionary Studies
Language Contact, Creolization, and Genetic Linguistics
Aleut in contact
The Prehistory of Languages
Linguistic Diversity in Space and Time
Wintun prehistory
A Language of Our Own
The Proto-Gulf Word for "Water" (With Notes on Siouan-Yuchi)
A Note on Glottochronology
Conference on Central and Southern California Areal Prehistory
Large Linguistic Areas and Language Sampling
Historical Linguistics
Noun classification in the Western Amazon
Areal-Historical Influences on Tewa Possession
Okanagan -lx, Coeur d'Alene -ilš, and Cognate Forms
A Lexical Comparison of the Atakapa, Chitimacha, and Tunica Languages
Source of the Yagua Nominal Classification System
Kwaza in a Comparative Perspective
Evidence for a Northern Northwest Coast Language Area
Popolocan Independent Personal Pronouns
Some Macro-Jê Relationships
From 'Part' to 'Shape
Algonkian-Ritwan
The Grammaticalization of Halkomelem 'Face' into a Dative Applicative Suffix
More Evidence for Yok-Utian
Linguistic Time Depth Results so Far and Their Meaning
A Comparison between Eskimo-Aleut and Uralo-Altaic Demonstrative Elements, Numerals, and Other Related Semantic Problems
Proto-Zapotec *tty/*tyand *ttz/*tz
The Rigid vs Order in Panare (Cariban)
Reconsidering the "Makú" Language Family of Northwest Amazonia
Three Disturbing Questions concerning Lexicostatistics
The History of First-Person Singular in the Mayan Languages
A Reconstruction of Nasal Harmony in Proto-Mundurukú (Tupi)
Lexico-Statistical Skewing from Dialect Borrowing
Similarities between the Asiatic and American Indian Languages
Third-Person Agreement and Passive Marking in Tacanan Languages
Proto-Athapaskan-Eyak and the Problem of Na-Dene II
Haida and Na-Dene
Structure and Reconstruction in Some Uto-Aztecan Languages
More on the Development of Proto-Muskogean *kw
Aspects of the Phonological History of Mayan-Zoquean
A Maya Version of Jespersen's Cycle
The Glottal Stop in Western Muskogean
A Revised Proposal of Proto-Tukanoan Consonants and Tukanoan Family Classification
Zapotec Body-Part Locatives
Mosetén and Chimane Argument Coding
Proto-Costanoan Numerals
Glottalized Consonants in Zuni
Morphosyntactic Areal Characteristics of Amazonian Languages
Testing the Proto-Mayan-Mije-Sokean Hypothesis
Evolution of Alignment in Timbira
Classifiers in Multiple Environments
Phonologic Formulas for Atakapa-Chitimacha
The Internal Diversification and Subgrouping Of Chatino
Determining the Centers of Dispersal of Language Groups
The Case against Global Etymologies
Split Ergativity in the History of the Ch'olan Branch of the Mayan Language Family
Uto-Aztecan *ps and Similar Clusters, Again
Mosan II
Some Particular Problems in the Application of the 100-Item Lexicostatistic Test List
Gulf and Hokan-Subtiaban
Some Lexical Clues to Uto-Aztecan Prehistory
The Seri-Salinan Connection Revisited
Nominal Classification in the North West Amazon
Proto-Utian (Miwok-Costanoan) Case System
Proto-Athapaskan-Eyak and the Problem of Na-Dene
On the Western Muskogean Source for Mobilian
Linking Valence Change And Modality
A Northern Uto-Aztecan Sound Law
Otomanguean Influence on Pochutla Aztec
The Historical Development of the Progressive Aspect in Central Zapotec
Concerning the Validity of Lexicostatistics
Tsimshianic and Penutian
Swadesh's Macro-Mixtecan Hypothesis
The Misconnection of Guale and Yamasee with Muskogean
Tonkawa and Zuni
A Reconstructed Conjunct Order Participle in Arapaho
Denominal Verbs in Apachean Languages
Cupeño Stress Shift
The Penutian Hypothesis
Salish Internal Relationships
On Whorf's Law and Related Questions of Aztecan Phonology and Etymology
Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistics
Proto-Uto-Aztecan Phonology
Semantic Categorization as a Deterrent to Grammatical Borrowing
Descent and Diffusion in Language Diversification
Switch Reference in Maiduan
Relations between Nootka and Quileute
Placeless and Historical Laryngeals in Yucatec Maya
The Grammaticalization of Specificity (And beyond) in Boruca
A Combined Comparative and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Chapacuran Language Family
The Historical Phonology of Miami-Illinois Consonants
Mosan I
Siouan and Iroquoian
Wiyot-Yurok-Algonkian and Problems of Comparative Algonkian
The East Plateau Linguistic Diffusion Area
Nominal Classification in Uitoto
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| Highly cited | No |