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American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America. Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics, Volume 4.

Campbell, Lyle – 1997

The book offers a general survey of the history of Native American languages. Chapters address these topics: Native American pidgins and trade languages; the history of American Indian linguistics and classification of languages; the origin of Native American languages; languages of North America; languages of Central America; languages of South…

Descriptors: American Indian Languages, American Indians, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries

The Cambridge History of the English Language. Volume IV: 1776-1997.

Romaine, Suzanne, Ed. – 1998

The volume, which is part of a series providing a full account of the history of the English language, details the history of English from 1776 to 1997. An extensive introduction explains the changing socio-historic setting in which English has developed in response to a continuing background of diversity as it was transplanted to North America…

Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Context, Diachronic Linguistics, English