Siddiqi D. et al. (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of North American Languages

Routledge, 2020. — 617 p. — ISBN: 978-1-138-62874-8; 978-1-315-21063-6.The Routledge Handbook of North American Languages is a one-stop reference for linguists on those topics that come up the most frequently in the study of the languages of North America (including Mexico). This handbook compiles a list of contributors from across many different theories and at different stages of their careers, all of whom are well-known experts in North American languages. The volume comprises two distinct parts: the first surveys some of the phenomena most frequently discussed in the study of North American languages, and the second surveys some of the most frequently discussed language families of North America. The consistent goal of each contribution is to couch the content of the chapter in contemporary theory so that the information is maximally relevant and accessible for a wide range of audiences, including graduate students and young new scholars, and even senior scholars who are looking for a crash course in the topics. Empirically driven chapters provide fundamental knowledge needed to participate in contemporary theoretical discussions of these languages, making this handbook an indispensable resource for linguistics scholars.Common Phenomena in North American Languages
Phonological Inventories
Segmental Processes
Stress, Tone, and Pitch Accent
Prosodic Morphology and Reduplication
The Expanded NP: Numbers, Possessors, Gender, Animacy, and Classifiers
Morphosyntactic Strategies in Locative Description
Agreement and Related Phenomena in North American Languages
Inverse Systems and Person Hierarchy Effects
Switch-reference in American Languages: A Synthetic Overview
Ergativity and Ergativity Splits
Noun Incorporation and Polysynthesis
Antipassives
Evidentials and Modals
QuantificationSelected Language Families and Issues in the Historical Linguistics of North America
Otomanguean Languages
Mayan Languages
Muskogean Languages
Iroquoian Languages
Salish Languages
The Na-Dene Languages
Algonquian Languages
Eskimo-Aleut
Evaluating Proposals for Long-Distance Genetic Relationships: Uto-Aztecan vs. Plateau Penutian
Areal Linguistics and Linguistic Areas in CaliforniaLanguage Index
Subject Index