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The Language of the Inka since the European Invasion

Af: Bruce Mannheim Engelsk Paperback

The Language of the Inka since the European Invasion

Af: Bruce Mannheim Engelsk Paperback
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The Inka empire, Tawantinsuyu, fell to Spanish invaders within a year''s time (1532-1533), but Quechua, the language of the Inka, is still the primary or only language of millions of Inka descendants throughout the southern Andes. In this innovative study, Bruce Mannheim synthesizes all that is currently known about the history of Southern Peruvian Quechua since the Spanish invasion, providing new insights into the nature of language change in general, into the social and historical contexts of language change, and into the cultural conditioning of linguistic change.

Mannheim first discusses changes in the social setting of language use in the Andes from the time of the first European contact in the sixteenth century until today. He reveals that the modern linguistic homogeneity of Spanish and Quechua is a product of the Spanish conquest, since multilingualism was the rule in the Inka empire. He identifies the social and political forces that have influenced the kinds of changes the language has undergone. And he provides the first synthetic history of Southern Peruvian Quechua, making it possible at last to place any literary document or written text in a chronological and social context.

Mannheim also studies changes in the formal structure of Quechua. He finds that changes in the sound system were motivated primarily by phonological factors and also that the changes were constrained by a set of morphological and syntactic conditions. This last conclusion is surprising, since most historical linguists assume that sound change is completely independent of other aspects of language. Thus, The Language of the Inka since the European Invasion makes an empirical contribution to a general theory of linguistic change.

Written in an engaging style that is accessible to the nonlinguist, this book will have a special appeal to readers interested in the history and anthropology of native South America.

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The Inka empire, Tawantinsuyu, fell to Spanish invaders within a year''s time (1532-1533), but Quechua, the language of the Inka, is still the primary or only language of millions of Inka descendants throughout the southern Andes. In this innovative study, Bruce Mannheim synthesizes all that is currently known about the history of Southern Peruvian Quechua since the Spanish invasion, providing new insights into the nature of language change in general, into the social and historical contexts of language change, and into the cultural conditioning of linguistic change.

Mannheim first discusses changes in the social setting of language use in the Andes from the time of the first European contact in the sixteenth century until today. He reveals that the modern linguistic homogeneity of Spanish and Quechua is a product of the Spanish conquest, since multilingualism was the rule in the Inka empire. He identifies the social and political forces that have influenced the kinds of changes the language has undergone. And he provides the first synthetic history of Southern Peruvian Quechua, making it possible at last to place any literary document or written text in a chronological and social context.

Mannheim also studies changes in the formal structure of Quechua. He finds that changes in the sound system were motivated primarily by phonological factors and also that the changes were constrained by a set of morphological and syntactic conditions. This last conclusion is surprising, since most historical linguists assume that sound change is completely independent of other aspects of language. Thus, The Language of the Inka since the European Invasion makes an empirical contribution to a general theory of linguistic change.

Written in an engaging style that is accessible to the nonlinguist, this book will have a special appeal to readers interested in the history and anthropology of native South America.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 346
ISBN-13: 9780292729261
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 029272926X
Kategori: Andes mountains
Udg. Dato: 1 feb 1991
Længde: 0mm
Bredde: 152mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: University of Texas Press
Oplagsdato: 1 feb 1991
Forfatter(e): Bruce Mannheim
Forfatter(e) Bruce Mannheim


Kategori Andes mountains


ISBN-13 9780292729261


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 346


Udgave


Længde 0mm


Bredde 152mm


Højde 229mm


Udg. Dato 1 feb 1991


Oplagsdato 1 feb 1991


Forlag University of Texas Press

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