The Languages of Native North America
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The Languages of Native North America is a comprehensive linguistic survey by Marianne Mithun that analyzes the structures, histories, and typological diversity of Indigenous languages across North America.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Languages of Native North America canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Languages of Native North America Context triple: [Marianne Mithun, notableWork, The Languages of Native North America]
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A.
Handbook of American Indian Languages
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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B.
Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America
Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America is a foundational anthropological work that systematically maps and analyzes the cultural and environmental regions of Indigenous peoples across North America.
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C.
Amerind as a macro-family of the Americas
Amerind as a macro-family of the Americas is a controversial linguistic hypothesis that groups most Indigenous languages of the Americas into a single, large language family.
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D.
Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico
The *Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico* is a comprehensive early 20th-century reference work compiling ethnographic, historical, and linguistic information on Indigenous peoples and tribes across North America.
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E.
American Indian languages
American Indian languages are the diverse indigenous languages of the Americas, encompassing numerous distinct language families and cultural traditions across North, Central, and South America.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Languages of Native North America Target entity description: The Languages of Native North America is a comprehensive linguistic survey by Marianne Mithun that analyzes the structures, histories, and typological diversity of Indigenous languages across North America.
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A.
Handbook of American Indian Languages
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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B.
Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America
Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America is a foundational anthropological work that systematically maps and analyzes the cultural and environmental regions of Indigenous peoples across North America.
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C.
Amerind as a macro-family of the Americas
Amerind as a macro-family of the Americas is a controversial linguistic hypothesis that groups most Indigenous languages of the Americas into a single, large language family.
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D.
Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico
The *Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico* is a comprehensive early 20th-century reference work compiling ethnographic, historical, and linguistic information on Indigenous peoples and tribes across North America.
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E.
American Indian languages
American Indian languages are the diverse indigenous languages of the Americas, encompassing numerous distinct language families and cultural traditions across North, Central, and South America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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linguistic survey ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
Native American studies
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anthropological linguistics ⓘ linguistics ⓘ |
| analyzes |
morphological structures of Native North American languages
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phonological structures of Native North American languages ⓘ semantic structures of Native North American languages ⓘ syntactic structures of Native North American languages ⓘ |
| author | Marianne Mithun ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| covers |
agreement systems in Native North American languages
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aspect and modality in Native North American languages ⓘ case marking systems in Native North American languages ⓘ classificatory verb systems ⓘ discourse structure in Native North American languages ⓘ evidentiality in Native North American languages ⓘ head-marking and dependent-marking patterns ⓘ language families of Native North America ⓘ language isolates of Native North America ⓘ lexical categories in Native North American languages ⓘ noun incorporation ⓘ polysynthesis in Native American languages ⓘ pronominal systems in Native North American languages ⓘ switch-reference systems ⓘ word order variation in Native North American languages ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Canada
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Mesoamerica ⓘ North America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| hasReputationFor | comprehensive coverage of Native North American languages ⓘ |
| includes |
bibliographic references for Native North American languages
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maps of language distributions ⓘ |
| intendedFor |
anthropologists
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language documentation researchers ⓘ linguists ⓘ students of linguistics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| publisher | Cambridge University Press ⓘ |
| subject |
Indigenous languages of North America
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Native American languages ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ language classification ⓘ language documentation ⓘ linguistic typology ⓘ |
| usedAs |
reference work in linguistic research
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textbook in advanced linguistics courses ⓘ |
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