Introduction to Handbook of American Indian Languages and Indian Linguistic Families of America North of Mexico

by J. W. Powell and Franz Boas

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"Combined here are two classics on the nature of native languages of North America: Boas' famous 1911 essay pointing to new methods of research and Powell's pioneering 1891 work on classification." - "Scholarly Books in America". "Two cognate essays - the first by the world famous anthropologist Franz Boas, expounding his phonetic and grammatical principles in evaluating Indian languages, and the second by the first director of the Smithsonian Institution's...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0803250177

ISBN13:9780803250178

Release Date:September 1991

Publisher:University of Nebraska Press

Length:221 Pages

Weight:0.55 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"

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