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Paperback. Kaqchikel is one of approximately thirty Mayan languages spoken in Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, and, increasingly, the United States. This guide helps students, scholars, and professionals in many fields who work with Kaqchikel speakers, in both Guatemala and the United States, develop basic communication skills. Illustrator(s): Bauer, Angelika. Num Pages: 320 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 2JNM; CF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 275 x 211 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1107.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292714601
- ISBN
- 9780292714601
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.81
€ 45.99
€ 40.81
Paperback. Documents the contributions of Native Americans to the notion of American nationhood and to concepts of American identity at a crucial, defining time in US history. This book examines the rhetoric and writings of nineteenth-century Native Americans, including William Apess, Black Hawk, George Copway, John Rollin Ridge, and Sarah Winnemucca. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2JN; DSB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822319443
- ISBN
- 9780822319443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. Sahaptin, or Ichishkiin Sinwit is a Plateau Penutian language spoken in south-central Washington and northern Oregon. This dictionary documents the dialect of Sahaptin that is spoken by the Yakama people. It contains three sections: a Sahaptin-English section; an English-Sahaptin section; and, a section listing roots used in the Sahaptin words. Num Pages: 576 pages, 100 illus., 70 in color. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2JN; CBDX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295989150
- ISBN
- 9780295989150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.94€ 62.68
€ 63.94
€ 62.68
hardcover. This book is the most influential work ever published on Nahuatl grammar and remains an essential work of reference for the student of the language. This new edition presents the original Spanish and an English translation on facing pages, along with explanatory commentary. Editor(s): Lockhart, James. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 2JNN; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 872.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804742818
- ISBN
- 9780804742818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.50
€ 103.50
Paperback. Cupeno exhibits many typological features, including split ergativity, that require linguists to revise our understanding of the development of the Uto-Aztecan family of languages in historical and areal perspective. This grammar reviews the phonology, morphology, syntax and discourse features of Cupeno, a Uto-Aztecan language of California. Series: UC Publications in Linguistics. Num Pages: 550 pages, 40 tables. BIC Classification: 2JNN; CJBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 917.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246379
- ISBN
- 9780520246379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.46
€ 53.29
€ 42.46
hardcover. A sourcebook of grammatical constructions in the Creek (Muskogee) language. Series: Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians. Num Pages: 504 pages, 1 Illustrations, 2 maps, 60 tables, 13 figures, 3 appendixes. BIC Classification: 2JN; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 43. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803211063
- ISBN
- 9780803211063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.77
€ 86.77
hardcover. Glimpses of Oneida Life is a remarkable compilation of modern stories of community life at the Oneida Nation of the Thames Settlement and the surrounding area. Num Pages: 472 pages, 2, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2JNG; CFB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 190 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1060.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442650305
- ISBN
- 9781442650305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.50
€ 103.50
Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 4 appendixes, index. BIC Classification: 2JN; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780803284395
- ISBN
- 9780803284395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.74
€ 71.74
Hardback. Joins the issues of language survival and indigenous identity to present a unique perspective on the place of language within culture Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2JNC; CFB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803225299
- ISBN
- 9780803225299
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.45
€ 66.45
Paperback. Presents a unique perspective on the place of language within culture by considering the dual issues of language survival and indigenous identity Num Pages: 250 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2JNC; CFB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243637
- ISBN
- 9780803243637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.09
€ 37.99
€ 34.09
Hardback. When Mary R Haas died in 1996, she left behind several thousand pages of notes and texts in the Creek (Muskogee) language collected in Oklahoma from 1936 to 1940. This title deals with this work. Series: UC Publications in Linguistics. Num Pages: 819 pages, 2 b/w, 2 musical examples. BIC Classification: 2JNC; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 188 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286429
- ISBN
- 9780520286429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.13€ 50.79
€ 65.13
€ 50.79
Paperback. This two-volume Cree dictionary documents the Cree language. It provides both a guide to its spoken form for non-speakers and a guide to its written forms (both SRO and Syllabics) for speakers and non-speakers alike. Num Pages: 622 pages. BIC Classification: 2JN; CF; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 170 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889771277
- ISBN
- 9780889771277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.21€ 54.57
€ 59.21
€ 54.57
Hardback. Documents the crucial role played by language in cultural conquest: how colonial Mayan emerged in the age of the cross, how it was taken up by native writers to become the language of indigenous literature, and how it ultimately became the language of rebellion against the system that produced it. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 484 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 17 maps, 25 tables, 41 examples. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2JNM; 3JB; CBX; CFB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257702
- ISBN
- 9780520257702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.60€ 57.93
€ 74.60
€ 57.93
Paperback. Documents the crucial role played by language in cultural conquest - how colonial Mayan emerged in the age of the cross, how it was taken up by native writers to become the language of indigenous literature, and how it ultimately became the language of rebellion against the system that produced it. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 484 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 17 maps, 25 tables, 41 examples. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2JNM; 3JB; CBX; CFB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257719
- ISBN
- 9780520257719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 2JN; CBD; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First edition
- SKU
- V9780816624287
- ISBN
- 9780816624287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.54
€ 17.99
€ 17.54
Hardback. Nowhere was the linguistic diversity of the New World more extreme than in California, where a variety of village-dwelling peoples spoke seventy-eight mutually unintelligible languages. This illustrated handbook reviews what we know about California's indigenous languages. Num Pages: 400 pages, 84 photos, 39 maps, 80 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 2JN; CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 223 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266674
- ISBN
- 9780520266674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.47€ 76.26
€ 99.47
€ 76.26
Paperback. Presents the inside story of one of the major intellectual breakthroughs of our time - the great decipherment of an ancient Maya script revised with the advanced developments. This title features 113 illustrations that provide details about the people and texts that have enabled us to read the Maya script. Num Pages: 304 pages, 113 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2JNM; CFL; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500289556
- ISBN
- 9780500289556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.36
€ 25.99
€ 19.36
Paperback. An anthology of essays on the translation of Native American languages and literatures. Editor(s): Swann, Brian. Series: Native Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 488 pages, 4 illustrations, 4 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 2J; CFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803267596
- ISBN
- 9780803267596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.76
€ 46.99
€ 41.76
Paperback. Analyzes nearly 40 stories, from mythic narratives predating Columbus to contemporary American Indian fiction, representing various traditional Native American culture areas. This work reveals how preconceptions deriving from our hypervisual, print-dominated culture distort our understanding of essential functions and forms of oral storytelling. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2JN; DSB; JFHF; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803277854
- ISBN
- 9780803277854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Paperback. This classic reference work is based upon both Northern Cree (the "TH" dialect) and Plains Cree (the "Y") dialect. Editor(s): Cardinal, George. Num Pages: 604 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2JNC; CBDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 577
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888642844
- ISBN
- 9780888642844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.38€ 47.68
€ 60.38
€ 47.68