Greenberg's classification of Native American languages
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Greenberg's classification of Native American languages is a controversial linguistic proposal that groups the indigenous languages of the Americas into a few large families, most notably the hypothesized Amerind macro-family.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
controversial hypothesis
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linguistic classification proposal ⓘ |
| appliesTo | indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ |
| basedOn |
mass lexical comparison
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typological features ⓘ |
| consensusView | not accepted by most specialists in Native American linguistics ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | comparative method in historical linguistics ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
Ives Goddard
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Lyle Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ most historical linguists specializing in the Americas ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
ignoring regular sound correspondences
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methodological flaws ⓘ reliance on mass comparison ⓘ use of poor-quality data ⓘ |
| field | historical linguistics ⓘ |
| groupsInto | three major language families ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent macro-family proposals in Americanist linguistics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Greenberg's earlier work on language universals
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Greenberg's work on African language classification ⓘ |
| notablePublication | Language in the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Joseph H. Greenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposesMacrofamily |
Amerind
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Eskimo-Aleut NERFINISHED ⓘ Na-Dene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| publishedIn | Language in the Americas ⓘ |
| regardsAsSubgroupOfAmerind |
Algic languages
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Arawakan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Cariban languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Chibchan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Macro-Ge languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Mayan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Otomanguean languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Pano-Tacanan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Quechuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Tupi-Guarani languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Uto-Aztecan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regardsAsSubgroupOfEskimoAleut |
Aleut language
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Eskimo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regardsAsSubgroupOfNaDene |
Athabaskan languages
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Haida language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tlingit language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Central America
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North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| statusInField | minority view ⓘ |
| timeProposed | late 20th century ⓘ |
| treatsAsFamily |
Amerind language family
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Eskimo-Aleut language family NERFINISHED ⓘ Na-Dene language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Amerind as a macro-family of the Americas
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Greenberg's classification of Native American languages
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subject surface form:
Amerind (linguistic macro-family hypothesis)