03531oam 22005414a 450 991079877180332120230808195108.01-4773-0833-410.7560/308318(CKB)3710000000842842(MiAaPQ)EBC4770563(OCoLC)957699490(MdBmJHUP)muse53173(DE-B1597)588462(DE-B1597)9781477308332(EXLCZ)99371000000084284220150805d2016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages /Chris RogersFirst edition.Austin, Texas :University of Texas Press,2016.©20161 online resource (279 pages) illustrations, map, tableRecovering languages and literacies of the Americas Mellon Foundation Initiative1-4773-0831-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction to the languages and their speakers -- Phonology -- Morphology -- Syntax -- Text -- Historical Phonology -- Historical Morphology -- Historical syntax -- Looking forward.Once spoken only in Santa Rosa Department, Guatemala, the Xinkan language family is unique within Mesoamerica, comprising four closely related languages that are unrelated to any of the other language groups used within the region. Descriptions of Xinkan date to 1770 but are typically only sketches or partial word lists. Not even the community of indigenous people who identify as Xinka today—the last speakers—have had access to a reliable descriptive source on their ancestral tongue. Preserving this endangered communication system in accurate, thorough detail, The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages presents a historical framework, internal classifications, and both synchronic and diachronic descriptions, incorporating all elements of grammar based on extensive unpublished data collected in the 1970s by Lyle Campbell and Terrence Kaufman. This valuable contribution is enhanced by author Chris Rogers’s emphasis on contextualizing the findings. Introducing the languages, Rogers presents important information regarding the social and cultural milieu of the speakers. He also traces a phonological reconstruction of Proto-Xinkan and reconstructs historical morphology and syntax. These revelations are of particular interest because the development of Xinka and the many aspects of Xinka morphosyntax have not been well understood. A sample text, “Na Mulha Uy,” is included as well. Solving numerous complex, centuries-old linguistic puzzles, The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages unlocks new potential for the rediscovery of a rich cultural history.Recovering languages and literacies of the Americas.Indians of South AmericaGuatemalaLanguagesExtinct languagesGuatemalaXinca languageGrammar, HistoricalGuatemalaLanguagesIndians of South AmericaLanguages.Extinct languagesXinca languageGrammar, Historical.497/.9Rogers Chris1977-1507467MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910798771803321The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages3738241UNINA