LEADER 03531oam 22005414a 450 001 9910798771803321 005 20230808195108.0 010 $a1-4773-0833-4 024 7 $a10.7560/308318 035 $a(CKB)3710000000842842 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4770563 035 $a(OCoLC)957699490 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse53173 035 $a(DE-B1597)588462 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781477308332 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000842842 100 $a20150805d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages /$fChris Rogers 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aAustin, Texas :$cUniversity of Texas Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (279 pages) $cillustrations, map, table 225 1 $aRecovering languages and literacies of the Americas Mellon Foundation Initiative 311 $a1-4773-0831-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction to the languages and their speakers -- Phonology -- Morphology -- Syntax -- Text -- Historical Phonology -- Historical Morphology -- Historical syntax -- Looking forward. 330 $aOnce spoken only in Santa Rosa Department, Guatemala, the Xinkan language family is unique within Mesoamerica, comprising four closely related languages that are unrelated to any of the other language groups used within the region. Descriptions of Xinkan date to 1770 but are typically only sketches or partial word lists. Not even the community of indigenous people who identify as Xinka today?the last speakers?have had access to a reliable descriptive source on their ancestral tongue. Preserving this endangered communication system in accurate, thorough detail, The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages presents a historical framework, internal classifications, and both synchronic and diachronic descriptions, incorporating all elements of grammar based on extensive unpublished data collected in the 1970s by Lyle Campbell and Terrence Kaufman. This valuable contribution is enhanced by author Chris Rogers?s emphasis on contextualizing the findings. Introducing the languages, Rogers presents important information regarding the social and cultural milieu of the speakers. He also traces a phonological reconstruction of Proto-Xinkan and reconstructs historical morphology and syntax. These revelations are of particular interest because the development of Xinka and the many aspects of Xinka morphosyntax have not been well understood. A sample text, ?Na Mulha Uy,? is included as well. Solving numerous complex, centuries-old linguistic puzzles, The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages unlocks new potential for the rediscovery of a rich cultural history. 410 0$aRecovering languages and literacies of the Americas. 606 $aIndians of South America$zGuatemala$xLanguages 606 $aExtinct languages$zGuatemala 606 $aXinca language$xGrammar, Historical 607 $aGuatemala$xLanguages 615 0$aIndians of South America$xLanguages. 615 0$aExtinct languages 615 0$aXinca language$xGrammar, Historical. 676 $a497/.9 700 $aRogers$b Chris$f1977-$01507467 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798771803321 996 $aThe Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages$93738241 997 $aUNINA