| Description |
xiv, 153 p. : maps. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-148) and index. |
| Contents |
The pre-Columbian Antilles : an overview of research and sources -- The languages of the Greater Antilles : a documentary view -- Anomalous non-Taino language data from the Greater Antilles -- The primary archaeological correlates of language data from the Greater Antilles and their outliers -- Languages of the Greater Antilles : a working hypothesis -- The languages of the Lesser Antilles and their archaeological correlates -- The toponymic method and the derivation of Taino morphemes (with a note on Macoris and Ciboney toponyms) -- Toponyms and the settlement of the Lucayan Islands : a methodological test -- Some principles of Taino grammar -- A short lexicon of Taino morphemes and lexical forms -- Antillean languages : an afterview. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Indians of the West Indies -- Antilles, Greater -- Languages.
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Taino language -- Antilles, Greater.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Vescelius, Gary S.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0817314164 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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081735123X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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