This paper analyzes and compares some morphosyntactic and lexical features of two indigenous languages of the Gran Chaco region belonging to different linguistic families: Toba (Guaycurú family) and Maká (Mataco-Mataguayo family). The traits examined are: a) order of the constituents, b) possession and alignment of persona, c) nominal classification and deixis, and d) negation. The analysis shows that there are obvious structural and functional similarities between the languages studied. The questions that arise from the analysis and comparison of data from the Toba and Maká languages are: What is the best hypothesis to explain why languages from different language families show similar typological profiles? Is there a single explanation or...
In this paper I investigate how different factors can influence the range of grammatical categories ...
The presentation will focus on the extent to which linguistic and other cultural features are vertic...
The Zamucoan family consists of two living languages: Ayoreo and Chamacoco, spoken in Northern Chaco...
This paper analyzes and compares some morphosyntactic and lexical features of two indigenous languag...
textThe analysis of language contact phenomena, as with many types of linguistic analysis, starts fr...
International Journal of the Sociology of Language | Volume 2016: Issue 240 Deíxis y contacto en la ...
Home to more than twenty indigenous languages belonging to six linguistic families, the Gran Chaco h...
The Zamucoan family consists of two living languages: Ayoreo and Chamacoco, spoken in Northern Chaco...
Similarities between languages can be due to 1) homoplasies because of a limited design space, 2) co...
Comparative lexical data, Uru-Chipaya, Pano, Takana, Peru, BoliviaOpción, Año 11, No. 18, Maracaibo ...
[Extract] Languages can resemble each other in categories, constructions, and meanings, and in the a...
The purpose of the project has been to examine the nature of the grammatical similarities between Ba...
From the introduction: This paper examines preliminary evidence regarding the type of the relations...
The paper shows that significant similarities exist between two geographically distant language fami...
In this paper we suggest that linguistic features can show traces of the frequency and intensity of ...
In this paper I investigate how different factors can influence the range of grammatical categories ...
The presentation will focus on the extent to which linguistic and other cultural features are vertic...
The Zamucoan family consists of two living languages: Ayoreo and Chamacoco, spoken in Northern Chaco...
This paper analyzes and compares some morphosyntactic and lexical features of two indigenous languag...
textThe analysis of language contact phenomena, as with many types of linguistic analysis, starts fr...
International Journal of the Sociology of Language | Volume 2016: Issue 240 Deíxis y contacto en la ...
Home to more than twenty indigenous languages belonging to six linguistic families, the Gran Chaco h...
The Zamucoan family consists of two living languages: Ayoreo and Chamacoco, spoken in Northern Chaco...
Similarities between languages can be due to 1) homoplasies because of a limited design space, 2) co...
Comparative lexical data, Uru-Chipaya, Pano, Takana, Peru, BoliviaOpción, Año 11, No. 18, Maracaibo ...
[Extract] Languages can resemble each other in categories, constructions, and meanings, and in the a...
The purpose of the project has been to examine the nature of the grammatical similarities between Ba...
From the introduction: This paper examines preliminary evidence regarding the type of the relations...
The paper shows that significant similarities exist between two geographically distant language fami...
In this paper we suggest that linguistic features can show traces of the frequency and intensity of ...
In this paper I investigate how different factors can influence the range of grammatical categories ...
The presentation will focus on the extent to which linguistic and other cultural features are vertic...
The Zamucoan family consists of two living languages: Ayoreo and Chamacoco, spoken in Northern Chaco...