Most of the 7,000 languages spoken in the world today will vanish before the end of this
century, taking with them cultural traditions from all over the world, as well as linguistic …

The complex, multilayered contact between the Quechuan and Aymaran languages is a
central but still poorly understood issue in Andean prehistory. This paper proposes a …

Why can'ta Quechua speaker wear pants? Anna M. Babel uses this question to open an
analysis of language and social structure at the border of eastern and western, highland and …

This paper offers an ethnographic analysis of indigenous Peruvian Amazonian youth
pursuing higher education through urban migration to contribute to the resilience of their …

Abstract Indigenous people across South America tend to be multilingual, and South
American languages exhibit historical contact effects that suggest multilingualism has long …

Until recently, the members of a community on the Andean-Amazonian agricultural frontier of
Southern Peru have tended to limit their social ties to members of their own families. But the …

In a small community in the Andean-Amazonian transitional zone of Southern Peru,
speakers of Matsigenka use recapitulative linkages in myth narrations. These constructions …

Diese Studie befasst sich mit der wenig untersuchten Vokalschwächung im peruanischen
Spanisch, die als ein singuläres Merkmal der Hochlandgebiete Hispanoamerikas (tierras …

On Exuberant Noun Categorization in Matsigenka (Arawak): Gender, Animacy, and a Multiple
Classifier System Page 1 On Exuberant Noun Categorization in Matsigenka (Arawak): Gender …

This dissertation offers a historical and ethnographic analysis of the role of intersecting
discourses of place, race, and modernity in the identities and projects of young people …