{"product_id":"lexical-reconstruction-the-case-of-the-proto-athapaskan-kinship-system-paperback-9780521134460","title":"Lexical Reconstruction; The Case of the Proto-Athapaskan Kinship System (Paperback) 9780521134460","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLexical Reconstruction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Case of the Proto-Athapaskan Kinship System\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn this book, lexical reconstruction is used to provide links between cultural and social anthropology and linguistics in Athapaskan languages and dialects.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIsidore Dyen (Author), David F. Aberle (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521134460, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 11 March 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e520 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm, 0.76 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this book, which was originally published in 1974, lexical reconstruction is used to provide links between cultural and social anthropology and linguistics. The Athapaskan language family has members in Alaska, western Canada, the west coast and southwest of the United States, and Oklahoma. The authors use the kinship terminology of existing Athapaskan languages and dialects to provide a lexical reconstruction of the kinship terminology of the mother-language, Proto-Athapaskan, which existed perhaps 1,500 or more years ago. A central contribution of the work is the explicit delineation of the method used in lexical reconstruction to arrive at the likeliest inferences about the meanings of proto-lexemes. Other methodological contributions include a method for inferring features of social organization from kinship terminology and for reconstructing other features of social organization from the distribution of these features among existing groups.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of tables\u003cbr\u003e List of maps\u003cbr\u003e Foreword by Harry Hoijer\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 1. The controversy over Proto-Athapaskan kinship\u003cbr\u003e 2. Lexical reconstruction\u003cbr\u003e 3. The reconstruction of Proto-Athapaskan kinship\u003cbr\u003e 4. Kinship-term patterns as bases for inferences about kinship organization\u003cbr\u003e 5. Interpretation of Proto-Athapaskan terminology\u003cbr\u003e 6. Approaches to the study of differentiation\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Pacific subgroup\u003cbr\u003e 8. Apachean\u003cbr\u003e 9. Canadian differentiation\u003cbr\u003e 10. The methods and results of prior reconstructions\u003cbr\u003e 11. Ethnological implications\u003cbr\u003e 12. Summary.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006587982104,"sku":"9780521134460","price":41.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521134460i_daaaf10e-8439-4a9f-84c7-e3b44f752085.jpg?v=1691372184","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/lexical-reconstruction-the-case-of-the-proto-athapaskan-kinship-system-paperback-9780521134460","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}