Many languages have morphosyntactic systems that impose a classification on their nominal
lexicon. The nature of these systems varies widely, ranging from large systems of lexico …

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 …

Some languages have both gender and classifiers, contrary to what was once believed
possible. We use these interesting languages as a unique window onto nominal …

In A Grammar of Murui (Bue), Katarzyna Wojtylak provides the first complete description of
Murui, an endangered Witotoan language, spoken by the Murui-Muina (Witoto) people from …

This dissertation deals with the structure of the Noun Phrase (henceforth: NP) in a sample of
55 indigenous languages of South America. This chapter gives a concise introduction to the …

This volume explores the multiple aspects of morphological complexity, investigating
primarily whether certain aspects of morphology can be considered more complex than …

It has long been claimed that there is no lexical field of smell, and that smell is of too little
validity to be expressed in grammar. We demonstrate both claims are false. The Cha'palaa …

The Amazon Basin–the world's largest river system–is home to an extremely high linguistic
diversity (rivaled only by the island of New Guinea). It comprises around 350 extant …

This dissertation focuses on the documentation and description of Mako, an indigenous
language spoken in the Venezuelan Amazon by about 1000 people and for which the only …

This paper analyzes several linguistic traits that are evidences for ancient and continuous
contacts between Arawakan, Tukanoan and neighboring languages from the Northwest …