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Rood, David.

Siouan Languages and Linguistics : Selected Papers by Robert L. Rankin. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (447 pages) - Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture Series ; v.21 . - Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture Series .

Intro -- ‎Contents -- ‎Editors -- ‎Introduction -- ‎Contributions to Siouan Linguistics by Robert L. Rankin -- ‎Chapter 1. The Unmarking of Quapaw Phonology: A Study of Language Death -- ‎Chapter 2. Ponce, Biloxi, and Hidatsa Glottal Stop and Quapaw Gemination as Historically Related Accentual Phenomena -- ‎Chapter 3. Quapaw: Genetic and Areal Affiliations -- ‎Chapter 4. Review of Language in the Americas -- ‎Chapter 5. Place Name Identification and Multilingualism in the Sixteenth-Century Southeast -- ‎Chapter 6. On the Sources and Scope of Siouan Aspiration -- ‎Chapter 7. Deeper Genetic Relationships in North America: Some Tempered Pessimism -- ‎Chapter 8. Siouan-Catawban-Yuchi Genetic Relationship: With a Note on Caddoan -- ‎Chapter 9. The Kaw Nation in Prehistory: What the Kaw Language and Place Names Tell Us -- ‎Chapter 10. A Diachronic Perspective on Active/Stative Alignment in Siouan -- ‎Chapter 11. On the Sub-grouping of the Virginia Siouan Languages -- ‎Chapter 12. A Synchronic and Diachronic Perspective on 'Word' in Siouan -- ‎Chapter 13. On Siouan Chronology -- ‎Chapter 14. An Ofo Grammar Sketch -- ‎Chapter 15. The History and Development of Siouan Positionals with Special Attention to Polygrammaticalization in Dhegiha -- ‎Chapter 16. The Interplay of Synchronic and Diachronic Discovery in Siouan Grammar-Writing -- ‎Chapter 17. The Place of Mandan in the Siouan Language Family -- ‎References.

This volume includes seventeen papers by Robert L. Rankin. The papers included here focus on comparative-historical work on the Siouan language family, typological features from that family, and more specific language descriptions on Ofo, Kansa and Quapaw.

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