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The works of Edward Sapir (1884 - 1939) continue to provide
inspiration to all interested in the study of human language. Since
most of his published works are relatively inaccessible, and
valuable unpublished material has been found, the preparation of a
complete edition of all his published and unpublished works was
long overdue. The wide range of Sapir's scholarship as well as the
amount of work necessary to put the unpublished manuscripts into
publishable form pose unique challenges for the editors. Many
scholars from a variety of fields as well as American Indian
language specialists are providing significant assistance in the
making of this multi-volume series.
The works of Edward Sapir (1884 - 1939) continue to provide
inspiration to all interested in the study of human language. Since
most of his published works are relatively inaccessible, and
valuable unpublished material has been found, the preparation of a
complete edition of all his published and unpublished works was
long overdue. The wide range of Sapir's scholarship as well as the
amount of work necessary to put the unpublished manuscripts into
publishable form pose unique challenges for the editors. Many
scholars from a variety of fields as well as American Indian
language specialists are providing significant assistance in the
making of this multi-volume series.
The works of Edward Sapir (1884 - 1939) continue to provide
inspiration to all interested in the study of human language. Since
most of his published works are relatively inaccessible, and
valuable unpublished material has been found, the preparation of a
complete edition of all his published and unpublished works was
long overdue. The wide range of Sapir's scholarship as well as the
amount of work necessary to put the unpublished manuscripts into
publishable form pose unique challenges for the editors. Many
scholars from a variety of fields as well as American Indian
language specialists are providing significant assistance in the
making of this multi-volume series.
Nowhere was the linguistic diversity of the New World more extreme
than in California, where an extraordinary variety of
village-dwelling peoples spoke seventy-eight mutually
unintelligible languages. This comprehensive illustrated handbook,
a major synthesis of more than 150 years of documentation and
study, reviews what we now know about California's indigenous
languages. Victor Golla outlines the basic structural features of
more than two dozen language types, and cites all the major
sources, both published and unpublished, for the documentation of
these languages - from the earliest vocabularies collected by
explorers and missionaries, to the data amassed during the
twentieth-century by Alfred Kroeber and his colleagues, and to the
extraordinary work of John P. Harrington and C. Hart Merriam. Golla
also devotes chapters to the role of language in reconstructing
prehistory, and to the intertwining of the language and culture in
pre-contact California societies, making this work, the first of
its kind, an essential reference on California's remarkable Indian
languages.
This anthology of treasures from the oral literature of Native
California, assembled by an editor admirably sensitive to language,
culture, and history, will delight scholars and general readers
alike. Herbert Luthin's generous selection of stories, anecdotes,
myths, reminiscences, and songs is drawn from a wide sampling of
California's many Native cultures, and although a few pieces are
familiar classics, most are published here for the first time, in
fresh literary translations. The translators, whether professional
linguists or Native scholars and storytellers, are all acknowledged
experts in their respective languages, and their introductions to
each selection provide welcome cultural and biographical context.
Augmenting and enhancing the book are Luthin's engaging,
informative essays on topics that range from California's Native
languages and oral-literary traditions to critical issues in
performance, translation, and the history of California literary
ethnography.
Nowhere was the linguistic diversity of the New World more extreme
than in California, where an extraordinary variety of
village-dwelling peoples spoke seventy-eight mutually
unintelligible languages. This comprehensive illustrated handbook,
a major synthesis of more than 150 years of documentation and
study, reviews what we now know about California's indigenous
languages. Victor Golla outlines the basic structural features of
more than two dozen language types and cites all the major sources,
both published and unpublished, for the documentation of these
languages-from the earliest vocabularies collected by explorers and
missionaries, to the data amassed during the twentieth-century by
Alfred Kroeber and his colleagues, to the extraordinary work of
John P. Harrington and C. Hart Merriam. Golla also devotes chapters
to the role of language in reconstructing prehistory, and to the
intertwining of language and culture in pre-contact California
societies, making this work, the first of its kind, an essential
reference on California's remarkable Indian languages.
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