{"product_id":"the-mayan-languages-paperback","title":"The Mayan Languages - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJudith Aissen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eNora England\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRoberto Zavala Maldonado\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mayan Languages\u003c\/em\u003e presents a comprehensive survey of the language family associated with the Classic Mayan civilization (AD 200-900), a family whose individual languages are still spoken today by at least six million indigenous Maya in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unique resource is an ideal reference for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of Mayan languages and linguistics. Written by a team of experts in the field, \u003ci\u003eThe Mayan Languages\u003c\/i\u003e presents in-depth accounts of the linguistic features that characterize the thirty-one languages of the family, their historical evolution, and the social context in which they are spoken. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mayan Languages\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eprovides detailed grammatical sketches of approximately a third of the Mayan languages, representing most of the branches of the family; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eincludes a section on the historical development of the family, as well as an entirely new sketch of the grammar of \"Classic Maya\" as represented in the hieroglyphic script; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eprovides detailed state-of-the-art discussions of the principal advances in grammatical analysis of Mayan languages; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eincludes ample discussion of the use of the languages in social, conversational, and poetic contexts. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsisting of topical chapters on the history, sociolinguistics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse structure, and acquisition of the Mayan languages, this book will be a resource for researchers and other readers with an interest in historical linguistics, linguistic anthropology, language acquisition, and linguistic typology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJudith Aissen is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNora C. England is Dallas TACA Centennial Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin. She is also Director of the Center for Indigenous Languages of Latin America at the University of Texas at Austin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoberto Zavala Maldonado is Researcher and Professor at the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS) in Mexico. He was also Joint-Director of the Project for the Documentation of Languages of Meso-America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 778\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 12, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710428516415,"sku":"9780367869137","price":200.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c1112ffc258be222eb1a02bf6f68b244.webp?v=1765054877","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-mayan-languages-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}