Languages of the pre-Columbian Antilles [[electronic resource] /] / Julian Granberry, Gary S. Vescelius

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453924903321
• Autore: Granberry Julian
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2004
• ISBN: 0-8173-8191-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (170 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): VesceliusGary S
• Disciplina: 409/.729
• Soggetti: Indians of the West Indies - Antilles, Greater - Languages; Taino language - Antilles, Greater; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-148) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The pre-Columbian Antilles : an overview of research and sources -- The languages of the Greater Antilles : a documentary view -- Anomalous non-Taíno 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 Taíno morphemes (with a note on Macorís and Ciboney toponyms) -- Toponyms and the settlement of the Lucayan Islands : a methodological test -- Some principles of Taíno grammar -- A short lexicon of Taíno morphemes and lexical forms -- Antillean languages : an afterview.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 Commonwealth of the Bahamas and the Crown Colony of the Turks and Caicos), the Virgin Islands, and the northernmost of the Leeward Islands, prior to European contact. Using archaeological data as corroboration, the authors synthesize evidence that has been available in scattered l