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Record Nr.

UNINA9910768200603321

Autore

Urban Matthias

Titolo

Linguistic Stratigraphy : Recovering Traces of Lost Languages in the Central Andes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023

©2023

ISBN

3-031-42102-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (154 pages)

Disciplina

417.7

Soggetti

Llengües mortes

Llibres electrònics

Andes (Regió)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1 Linguistic Stratigraphy, Or How to Recover Traces of Lost Languages -- References -- 2 The Central Andean Linguistic Landscape Through Time and the Quechuan Language Family -- 2.1 The Ever-Changing Cultural and Linguistic Landscapes of the Central Andes -- 2.2 Quechuan Today -- 2.3 The Classification of Quechuan -- 2.4 The Quechuan Expansion -- 2.5 The Non-Quechuan Linguistic Diversity -- References -- 3 Evidence and Methods for Investigating Substratal Languages -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Toponyms and Anthroponyms -- 3.3 Substrate Influence -- 3.4 Substrate Vocabulary -- 3.5 Extralinguistic Evidence -- 3.6 Summary -- References -- 4 The Aymara Presence in Southern Peru -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Toponymy -- 4.3 Substrate Effects -- 4.4 Substrate Vocabulary -- 4.5 Perspectives from Outside Linguistics -- 4.6 Summary -- References -- 5 The Barbacoan Languages and the Southern Ecuadorian Highlands -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Toponymy -- 5.2.1 Characteristic Toponymy of Cañar and Azuay -- 5.2.2 Continuous Northward Extensions of Cañar and Azuay Toponymic Endings -- 5.2.3 Noncontinuous Northward Extensions of Cañar and Azuay Toponymic Endings to the Ecuadorian-Colombian Border -- 5.2.4 Northward Extensions of Phonological Characteristics of Cañar and Azuay Toponyms -- 5.2.5



Evaluation of the Toponymic Evidence -- 5.3 Substrate Effects -- 5.4 Substrate Vocabulary -- 5.5 Summary -- References -- 6 Chachapoyas -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Toponymy -- 6.3 Substrate Effects -- 6.4 Substrate Vocabulary -- 6.5 Perspectives from Outside Linguistics -- 6.6 Summary -- References -- 7 Synopsis and Conclusion -- References -- Index.