| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 153 pages) : maps |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Book collections on Project MUSE.
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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-Ta?ino 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 Ta?ino morphemes (with a note on Macor?is and Ciboney toponyms) -- Toponyms and the settlement of the Lucayan Islands : a methodological test -- Some principles of Ta?ino grammar -- A short lexicon of Ta?ino morphemes and lexical forms -- Antillean languages : an afterview. |
| Summary |
A linguistic analysis supporting a new model of the colonization of the Antilles before 1492. This work formulates a testable hypothesis of the origins and migration patterns of the aboriginal peoples of the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico), the Lucayan Islands (the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and the Crown Colony of the Turks and Caicos), the Virgin Islands, and the northernmost of the Leeward Islands, prior to European contact. Using archaeological data as corroboration, the authors synthesize evidence that has been available in scattered locales for more than 50. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2024. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) |
| Note |
All rights reserved. |
| Language |
English. |
| 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., author.
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American Council of Learned Societies, issuing body.
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| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. http://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| ISBN |
0817381910 (electronic bk.) |
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0817314164 |
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9780817314163 |
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0817314164 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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081735123X (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780817314163 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780817351236 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780817381912 (ebk) |
| Standard No. |
heb40240 hdl |
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