Handbook of American Indian Languages

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language survey linguistics book reference work

The *Handbook of American Indian Languages* is a foundational early 20th-century linguistic work that systematically documents and analyzes numerous Indigenous languages of the Americas.

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Boas, Franz (ed.). Handbook of American Indian Languages. 1
Handbook of American Indian Languages canonical 1
Handbook of American Indian Languages, Volume 1 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf language survey ⓘ
linguistics book ⓘ
reference work ⓘ
aim to document and analyze Indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ
approach comparative ⓘ
descriptive ⓘ
associatedWith Boasian linguistics ⓘ
author Franz Boas ⓘ
citationForm Handbook of American Indian Languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Boas, Franz (ed.). Handbook of American Indian Languages.
contains grammatical sketches of individual Indigenous languages ⓘ
morphological analyses ⓘ
phonological descriptions ⓘ
syntactic descriptions ⓘ
text samples in Indigenous languages ⓘ
countryOfPublication United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
editor Franz Boas ⓘ
era pre-structuralist linguistics ⓘ
field American Indian linguistics ⓘ
descriptive linguistics ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
firstVolumePublicationYear 1911 ⓘ
geographicScope Central America ⓘ
North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
hasContributor various field linguists and ethnographers ⓘ
hasPart Handbook of American Indian Languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Handbook of American Indian Languages, Volume 1

Handbook of American Indian Languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Handbook of American Indian Languages, Volume 2

Handbook of American Indian Languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Handbook of American Indian Languages, Volume 3
influenced later classifications of Native American languages ⓘ
structural linguistics in North America ⓘ
institutionalContext Bureau of American Ethnology research program ⓘ
isConsidered classic of Americanist linguistics ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor foundational work in American Indian linguistics ⓘ
systematic description of numerous American Indian languages ⓘ
publicationSeries Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
surface form: Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
publisher Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
secondVolumePublicationYear 1922 ⓘ
subject Indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ
Native American languages ⓘ
grammatical description ⓘ
language classification ⓘ
thirdVolumePublicationYear 1923 ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
volumeCount 3 ⓘ

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Franz Boas → notableWork → Handbook of American Indian Languages ⓘ
Handbook of American Indian Languages → hasPart → Handbook of American Indian Languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Handbook of American Indian Languages, Volume 1
Handbook of American Indian Languages → hasPart → Handbook of American Indian Languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Handbook of American Indian Languages, Volume 2
Handbook of American Indian Languages → hasPart → Handbook of American Indian Languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Handbook of American Indian Languages, Volume 3
Handbook of American Indian Languages → citationForm → Handbook of American Indian Languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boas, Franz (ed.). Handbook of American Indian Languages.
Roland B. Dixon → notableWork → Handbook of American Indian Languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Chimariko Indians and Language
John Alden Mason → notableWork → Handbook of American Indian Languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Languages of the South American Indians