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North & Central American indigenous languages

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North & Central American indigenous languages

Paperback. In this appealing, episodic volume, poet and painter Neal McLeod shows us how the funny, vibrant, and sometimes salacious language of Cree gives us the chance to see the world in a different way. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 2JNC; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 139. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889774292
ISBN
9780889774292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.40

Hardback. Highlights the large array of Indigenous linguistic and cultural groups of the US Southeast. The traditional and modern Native literature genres showcased include stories that speakers perceive to be in the past, genres that have developed alongside these stories, and modern story types that have sometimes supplanted traditional tales. Editor(s): Haag, Marcia. Series: Native Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 366 pages, 1 map, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 2JN; CF; DQ; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780803262874
ISBN
9780803262874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.78

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

€ 60.09
€ 47.28

Paperback. Series: Borealis Book S. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2JNG; CBDX; CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873512831
ISBN
9780873512831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.07

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
€ 29.83

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
€ 22.40

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

€ 98.99
€ 75.86

Paperback. Spanning a quarter century of work, the essays in Helen Barolini's Chiaroscuro explore her personal search; literature as a formative influence; and the turning of the personal into the political. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2JN; BG; DN; DSB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
REV
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299160845
ISBN
9780299160845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.78

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
€ 17.38

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
€ 29.12

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

€ 74.24
€ 57.57

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

€ 58.92
€ 53.83

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

€ 64.81
€ 51.25

Paperback. Series: Borealis Book S. Num Pages: 681 pages. BIC Classification: 2JN; CBDX; CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 139 x 38. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
681
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873512824
ISBN
9780873512824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.33

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

€ 36.99
€ 34.28

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

€ 66.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 431 pages. BIC Classification: 2JN; DSB; HRKT; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
431
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826310439
ISBN
9780826310439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.88

Paperback. Designed as a corrective to colonial literary histories that have excluded Native voices, this anthology brings together a variety of primary texts produced by Algonquian peoples of New England during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and very early nineteenth centuries. It includes letters, signatures, journals, baskets, pictographs, and petitions. Editor(s): Bross, Kristina; Wyss, Hilary E. Series: Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History & the Contemporary S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 2JN; DQ; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558496484
ISBN
9781558496484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.28

Paperback. The brilliant Aztec poetic tradition would have all but vanished after the Spanish Conquest in 1521 without the friars who painstakingly transcribed and preserved the poems in the years that followed. This title gives us echoes of the lyrical and philosophical songs, the songs of rejoicing, sorrow, ritual and war, and the epics of myth and legend. Translator(s): Kissam, Edward; Schmidt, Michael. Series: Poetica. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2JNN; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856464232
ISBN
9780856464232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.77

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

€ 71.13

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