Language contact occurs when speakers of different languages interact and their languages
influence one another. Drawing on the author's own first-hand observations of child and …

The linguistic map of Amazonia presents a startling jumble of languages and language
families. While some families–most notably Carib, Arawak, Macro‐Jê, and Tupí–are …

The so-called Makú or Makú-Puinavean language family of the Northwest Amazon has long
been assumed to include the languages Hup, Yuhup, Dâw, and Nadëb (the “Naduhupan” …

This paper investigates the dynamics of multilingualism and the linguistic outcomes of
contact involving indigenous languages in the northwest Amazonian Vaupés region …

Indonesia is home to over 700 languages. That amounts to around 10% of
theworld'slanguages. Itisonlyitseasternneighbor, PapuaNewGuinea, that …

This chapter discusses what etymology is and its fundamental significance for historical
linguistics. Language contact has been a somewhat problematic aspect of etymological …

This study looks at an especially interesting case of gender-copy. The Austronesian
language Chamorro has undergone heavy influence from Spanish which manifests itself …

Amazonia is a linguistic treasure-trove. In this region, defined roughly as the area of the
Amazon and Orinoco basins, the diversity of languages is immense, with some 300 …

The reconstruction of morphologically complex forms offers familiar problems. As illustrated
by textbook examples like Bloomfield's seemingly reconstructable anachronism …

While it is well known that processes of contact-driven language change are sensitive to
socio-cultural factors, the question of whether these apply differently among hunter …